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Bankruptcy court

Southern District of Texas

The Southern District of Texas is the federal bankruptcy court for 43 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.

Brownsville Division

2 counties

28 U.S.C. § 124(b)(4)

Corpus Christi Division

10 counties

28 U.S.C. § 124(b)(6)

Galveston Division

4 counties

28 U.S.C. § 124(b)(1)

Houston Division

13 counties

28 U.S.C. § 124(b)(2)

Laredo Division

5 counties

28 U.S.C. § 124(b)(3)

McAllen Division

2 counties

28 U.S.C. § 124(b)(7)

Victoria Division

7 counties

28 U.S.C. § 124(b)(5)

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How the Southern 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

Ongoing mortgage payments in Chapter 13
Paid through the trustee (conduit)

S.D. Tex. BLR 3015-1(b)

What the Southern 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 47 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.txs.uscourts.gov — the court’s own site →

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