December 1, 2003 Effective Date

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the following changes to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy
Procedure and the Official Bankruptcy Forms, effective December 1, 2003, which implement the
Judicial Conference of the United States September 2001 policy on privacy and public access to
electronic case files.

Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure 1005 and 1007 is being amended to restrict display of a
debtor’s Social Security number to only the last four digits.

Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure 2002 is being amended to provide that the debtor,
creditor, case trustee and United States trustee receive the debtor’s full Social Security number on their
copy of the notice provided pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 341.

The following Official Bankruptcy Forms have been amended to require only the last four digits
of the debtor’s Social Security and financial account numbers : 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16A, 16C,
and 19.

A new Official Form 21, entitled Statement of Social Security Number, has been created. See
link below.

To access the full text of the rule and form amendments, except for the new Official Form 21, you may
visit the Rules Committee website and click on “Pending Rules Amendments Awaiting Final Action” and then select “Amendments Submitted to the Judicial Conference (Sept. 2002).” Official Form 21 is available at the same web address by clicking “Amendments Submitted to the Judicial Conference (Sept. 2003).”

November 14, 2003

Susan Thurston
Clerk of Court

Form B21

Notice of Local Requirement for Compliance with the Judicial Conference Privacy Policy

Notice of Electronic Availability of Case

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