Bankruptcy court
District of North Dakota
The District of North Dakota is the federal bankruptcy court for 53 counties in North Dakota.
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.
District of North Dakota — district-wide
53 counties
- Adams County
- Barnes County
- Benson County
- Billings County
- Bottineau County
- Bowman County
- Burke County
- Burleigh County
- Cass County
- Cavalier County
- Dickey County
- Divide County
- Dunn County
- Eddy County
- Emmons County
- Foster County
- Golden Valley County
- Grand Forks County
- Grant County
- Griggs County
- Hettinger County
- Kidder County
- LaMoure County
- Logan County
- McHenry County
- McIntosh County
- McKenzie County
- McLean County
- Mercer County
- Morton County
- Mountrail County
- Nelson County
- Oliver County
- Pembina County
- Pierce County
- Ramsey County
- Ransom County
- Renville County
- Richland County
- Rolette County
- Sargent County
- Sheridan County
- Sioux County
- Slope County
- Stark County
- Steele County
- Stutsman County
- Towner County
- Traill County
- Walsh County
- Ward County
- Wells County
- Williams County
How the District of North Dakota 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
- Chapter 13 attorney fee this court approves without a fee application
- $4,000
USTP Instructions for Joining a Zoom § 341(a) Meeting of Creditors
This is the amount the court will approve without an itemised fee application, not a rate any particular firm charges.
What the District of North Dakota 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.
- D.N.D. LBR 1001-1
captured 2026-07-22
- D.N.D. LBR 1002-1
captured 2026-07-22
- D.N.D. LBR 1009-1
captured 2026-07-22
- D.N.D. LBR 1015-1
captured 2026-07-22
- D.N.D. LBR 2002-1
captured 2026-07-22
- D.N.D. LBR 2004-1
captured 2026-07-22
- D.N.D. LBR 2016-1
captured 2026-07-22
- D.N.D. LBR 2016-2
captured 2026-07-22
- D.N.D. LBR 3003-1
captured 2026-07-22
- D.N.D. LBR 3011-1
captured 2026-07-22
- D.N.D. LBR 3015-1
captured 2026-07-22
- D.N.D. LBR 3015-2
captured 2026-07-22
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- Courthouse street addresses, filing-counter hours and clerk phone numbers
- The trustees who serve this district
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