Official Procedure Last Change August 10, 2010
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Bankruptcy > Notices & Certifications > Change of Address, Notice of |
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These instructions are for attorneys only. See separate procedure for instructions for limited users.
Any Change of Address of any party or creditor on a case must be submitted in writing by the debtor, the trustee or the party whose address has changed. The Court cannot change an address on a bankruptcy case simply because they have been advised of a new address via a phone call or a yellow label on mail returned by the USPS.
Filing Requirements
The Change of Address must be signed by the filing party.
The prior address as well as the corrected address should be included. Without the inclusion of the prior/incorrect address, it may be impossible for the court to determine which address should be changed, in which case the old address will continue to receive notices from the court in addition to the new address.
A Change of Address of a creditor (unless filed by the creditor themselves) must be accompanied by a Certificate of Service showing service of the Notice of Change of Address to Creditors with New or Corrected Address, Notice of Meeting of Creditors with full Social Security Number shown and any other documents that have already been sent out to all creditors, such as the most recent Chapter 13 Plan, Notice of Confirmation Hearing, etc. to the creditor at the new address. See sample Change of Address form. If the creditor has already received the Notice of Meeting of Creditors at their old address, a Statement in Lieu of Notice must be filed instead of the Certificate of Service.
If debtor receives return mail for any creditor or party and is unable to determine a correct address for them, the Debtor should file a Notice of Address Unavailability, specifying the creditor’s name and reporting that a correct address cannot be located. Upon the filing of such a notice, the court will code the address so that no further notices or orders are sent to that creditor or party in interest.
2. Select Bankruptcy > Notices & Certifications
3. Enter the case number (e.g, xx-xxxxx), click Next
4. Select Change of Address, Notice of from the event list and click Next
5. External Users Only: Check box if jointly filing with another attorney, click Next. If jointly filing, select additional attorneys, click Next
6. Click to highlight Party. Click Next. If the party is not listed, click Add/ Create New Party
Note: The "Attorney/Party Association” screen may appear. If your party selection was correct, check the box to create an association.
7. Browse to select correct pdf file. Click Next
8. Select appropriate radio button (e.g. debtor, creditor, other), click Next
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If change of address is for a debtor and you are filing on a joint case, you are asked if the change of address applies to both debtors. Select appropriate radio button and click Next. If you indicated that it does not apply to both debtors, enter the name of the debtor that the change of address does apply to and click Next
If change of address is for a creditor: Enter the name of the creditor
If change of address is for another party: Enter the name and role of the other party (e.g. Creditor's Committee Attorney John Smith)
10. Select appropriate radio button to indicate whether you are attaching a Certificate of Service or Statement in Lieu (either as an attachment or as part of the same PDF) and click Next (this step is skipped if filing a change of address for a debtor)
11. Select prefix text, if applicable, and click Next
12. Review final docket text, click Next to submit your document(s).
Note: The Notice of Electronic Filing displays giving you the document number. Copies of this motion are immediately e-mailed to all participants who receive electronic notification in the case.
Curing Deficiencies
If the Change of Address is deficient, an amended Change of Address must be filed prior to the deficiency deadline using the instructions above, or the Change of Address may be stricken.