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Bankruptcy court

Southern District of New York

The Southern District of New York is the federal bankruptcy court for 8 counties in New York, divided into 3 divisions.

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.

Manhattan Division

2 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, S.D.N.Y., Court Locations — Manhattan: "Serving Bronx and New York Counties."

Poughkeepsie Division

4 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, S.D.N.Y., Court Locations — Poughkeepsie: "Serves Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, and Sullivan counties, with concurrent jurisdiction over Columbia, Ulster, and Greene." (Columbia, Ulster, and Greene are statutory Northern-District counties assigned there; only Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, and Sullivan are S.D.N.Y. counties.)

White Plains Division

2 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, S.D.N.Y., Court Locations — White Plains: "Serving Rockland and Westchester Counties."

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How the Southern District of New York 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

USTP Instructions for Joining a Zoom § 341(a) Meeting of Creditors

Chapter 13 plan form
This district requires its own local plan form

NY Southern Chapter 13 Ch13Plan2022_Final.pdf

What the Southern District of New York 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 112 this court publishes.

Fee schedules

What this court charges, as the court publishes it.

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.nysb.uscourts.gov — the court’s own site →

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