RULE 4003-1 EXEMPTIONS

Amended March 3, 2003

(a) Specificity. A debtor's claim of exemptions shall be specific and shall, as to each item or category of items claimed as exempt, designate by title, section and subsection, the statutory basis for the claim. The schedules must disclose the debtor's exemption claims with meaningful particularity and the debtor must be prepared to provide detailed information regarding assets claimed as exempt at the meeting of creditors. In joint cases, exemptions claimed by each debtor shall be listed separately.

(b) Objections. An objection to an exemption(s) shall contain the notice language set forth in LBR 1005-1(e) with a ten day response time, and shall appear below the signature block of the objecting party, or otherwise be conspicuously set forth within the objection.

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