Certificate of Service

General Information

• A filing party is required to show to the Court that proper service was made on all parties of interest to the pleading being filed.  View instructions for determining who will receive electronic notice of your filing, and how to generate mailing labels via ECF

• The court may refuse consideration of or strike any pleading or paper for which a certificate of service has not been filed or which lacks the information listed below. 

Filing Requirements

• Use of the Court's sample forms is recommended:

Certificate of Service of Hearing Notice

Certificate of Service - Notice of Corrected Name

Certificate of Service - Notice of Corrected SSN/ITIN

Certificate of Service - Notice of Hearing on Motion to Extend/Impose Automatic Stay

Certificate of Service - Notice to Added Creditors

Certificate of Service - Notice to Post-Petition Creditors

Certificate of Service Regarding Summons  

All other Certificate of Service types

• Certificates of Service must be signed by the filing party and must identify the following items:

• • Pleading or paper served

  • Name and address of each entity served

  • Manner of service

  • Date of service

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Log into ECF

    

2. Select Bankruptcy > Miscellaneous

    

3. Enter case number. Click Next

    

4. Select Certificate of Service from the event list and click Next

    

5. Click Next. Or, if joint filing with another attorney, check box and click Next.

    

6. Select party and click Next. If party is not listed click Add/ Create New Party

7. If the attorney/ party association screen appears, click here for more information

8. Browse to select correct PDF file. Click Next

9. Select the appropriate radio button and click Next   

10. If you selected the something else radio button:

1. Click Next at the category selection screen

2. Check box(es) next to appropriate docket entry to which this filing relates

3. Click Next

4. Select the appropriate radio button and click Next

Note for Chapter 11 cases: A further radio button screen will be displayed. Select the appropriate option and click Next. If you chose the Order Approving Disclosure Statement option, you will be prompted to relate your current filing to the Order Approving Disclosure Statement.

5. If you selected the Other radio button: Add docket text to identify documents that are being submitted and click Next

If you selected the Notice of Filing of Plan or Amended Plan radio button: Select the notice of filing of plan to which your document relates and click Next

11. If applicable, select prefix text and/ or insert text in text field click Next

12. Verify final docket text. If correct, click Next to submit and to review Notice of Electronic Filing.

Curing Deficiencies

If the Certificate of Service is deficient, an amended Certificate must be filed prior to the deficiency deadline using the instructions above, or the Certificate of Service and/or pleading to which it relates may be stricken.