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Western District of North Carolina

The Western District of North Carolina is the federal bankruptcy court for 32 counties in North Carolina, divided into 4 divisions.

This district is administered by a Bankruptcy Administrator rather than the United States Trustee.

Divisions and counties served

A case is filed in the division that covers the filer’s county. Each assignment below comes from the court’s own order or local rule.

Asheville Division

14 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court W.D.N.C. Official Divisional Map (Asheville Division; includes the far-west Bryson City holding-court counties, administered by the Asheville division office per WDNC LBR reference to "the Asheville or Bryson City Divisions")

Charlotte Division

4 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court W.D.N.C. Official Divisional Map (Charlotte Division)

Shelby Division

6 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court W.D.N.C. Official Divisional Map (Shelby Division)

Statesville Division

8 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court W.D.N.C. Official Divisional Map (Statesville Division)

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How the Western District of North Carolina runs a case

Practices this court sets for itself. They differ from district to district, which is why a national answer cannot supply them.

Section 341 meeting of creditors
By Zoom video

Bankruptcy Administrator for the Western District of North Carolina, 341 Meetings | Zoom Links and Instructions

Chapter 13 attorney fee this court approves without a fee application
$5,000

This is the amount the court will approve without an itemised fee application, not a rate any particular firm charges.

W.D.N.C. LBR 2016-2

What the Western District of North Carolina publishes

Local rules and standing orders bind cases in this district in addition to the national rules. Each link goes to the court’s own copy.

Local rules

The rules this court adds on top of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. They bind every case filed here.

Showing 12 of 68 this court publishes.

Related

Not yet published here

We have not collected these for this court, so this page does not show them. The court’s own site is the authority meanwhile.

  • Courthouse street addresses, filing-counter hours and clerk phone numbers
  • The trustees who serve this district

www.ncwb.uscourts.gov — the court’s own site →

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