Western District of Washington Filing Fees and Waivers

Voluntary petition must be accompanied by full payment, waiver application, or installment application.

Source text: Every voluntary petition submitted to the clerk of court for filing shall be accompanied by one of the following payment options: (i) full payment of the applicable filing fee; (ii) a signed application for waiver of the filing fee, if the debtor is eligible; or (iii) a signed application to pay the filing fee in installments.

Debtor unable to pay filing fee may file installment application with initial payment due with petition; initial installment amounts vary by chapter; denial if prior case within 8 years with fees owed.

Source text: Application to Pay Filing Fee in Installments. If the debtor is unable to pay the filing fee except in installments, the debtor must file an Application for Individuals to Pay the Filing Fee in Installments (Official Form B 103A) with the voluntary petition. (1) The initial installment payment for individual chapter 7, 12 or 13 cases shall be $100. The initial installment payment for individual chapter 11 cases shall be $350. The initial installment is due with the voluntary petition. (2) The chapter 13 trustee is authorized to pay the balance of the filing fee owing in a chapter 13 case in which the debtor has been authorized to pay the filing fee in installments from plan payments made prior to confirmation of the plan. (3) An application to pay the filing fee in installments will be denied if the debtor or joint debtor has commenced a bankruptcy case within 8 years before the date of the filing of the instant petition, or has a pending case, in which the filing fees are owed to the Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington.

Individual chapter 7 debtor may file waiver application (Form B 103B) with petition for waiver of filing fee.

Source text: Application for Waiver of Filing Fee. An individual chapter 7 debtor seeking a waiver of the chapter 7 filing fee must file an Application to Have the Chapter 7 Filing Fee Waived (Official Form B 103B) with the voluntary petition. Local Rule W.D. Wash. LCR 3(b) shall not apply in bankruptcy cases.

Reopening filing fees are due at time motion is filed.

Source text: Except as otherwise ordered by the court, any filing fees prescribed by 28 U.S.C. § 1930(b) and the Judicial Conference of the United States are due at the time the motion is filed.

Notice of removal must be accompanied by a filing fee as required for adversary proceedings.

Source text: a notice of removal required to be filed in the Western District of Washington pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9027 shall be filed with the clerk of court of the Bankruptcy Court and shall be accompanied by a filing fee as required for adversary proceedings.

Petitioners for reinstatement after disbarment must pay the applicable filing fee.

Source text: Petitions for reinstatement shall be filed with the Clerk of Court, who will transmit the petition to the Chief Judge. The petition must include a copy of this court’s prior order of suspension or disbarment, a copy of an order of reinstatement from another jurisdiction if the petitioner is seeking reinstatement based on such an order, and a concise statement of facts claimed to justify reinstatement. Petitioners for reinstatement after disbarment must also file a Petition for Admission to Practice before this court and pay the applicable fee.

Amendments to schedules must be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

Source text: Every amendment to a debtor’s schedules of creditors or equity security holders shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed by the Judicial Conference of the United States.

Conditionally admitted attorney whose employment ends must file a new petition and pay the applicable fee.

Source text: If a conditionally admitted attorney ceases to be employed as an attorney for the United States or one of its agencies, the conditional admission will be revoked and the attorney must file a petition for admission as set forth in CrR 62.1(c)(1) and pay the applicable fee.

No fee is required for a Legal Intern application.

Source text: The applicant shall submit to the clerk a completed Application for Leave to Appear as a Legal Intern, which can be downloaded from the court’s website. No fee shall be required.