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Bankruptcy court

Northern District of Texas

The Northern District of Texas is the federal bankruptcy court for 100 counties in Texas, divided into 7 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.

Abilene Division

13 counties

28 U.S.C. § 124(a)(3)

Amarillo Division

26 counties

28 U.S.C. § 124(a)(5)

Dallas Division

7 counties

28 U.S.C. § 124(a)(1)

Fort Worth Division

8 counties

28 U.S.C. § 124(a)(2)

Lubbock Division

19 counties

28 U.S.C. § 124(a)(7)

San Angelo Division

15 counties

28 U.S.C. § 124(a)(4)

Wichita Falls Division

12 counties

28 U.S.C. § 124(a)(6)

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How the Northern District of Texas 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

What the Northern District of Texas 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 78 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.txnb.uscourts.gov — the court’s own site →

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