Modified 12/1/01

(a) Authority. The fees charged for services to be performed by clerks of the Bankruptcy Court are contained in the Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule promulgated by the Judicial Conference of the United States, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1930(b). Except as provided in the Miscellaneous Fee Schedule, neither the Clerk of court nor his/her designees have authority to waive the payment of any prescribed fee.

(b) Treatment where fee not timely paid. The prescribed fee shall be paid in advance of service being performed by the clerk's office. Any paper filed with the Court which requires, but does not include a filing fee, shall be "received" stamped only. Upon receipt of the prescribed fee, the paper will then be stamped "filed" with the clerk, on the date the fee is paid.

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