Motion to Deposit Funds into Court Registry

General Information

• A Motion to Deposit Funds to Court Registry is used to request that the Court hold funds whose disposition or ownership is in dispute, pending the outcome of that dispute. Funds deposited in this account may earn interest.

• A Motion to Deposit Funds to Court Registry should not be used by the Trustee to deposit unclaimed funds. Instead, a Notice of Unclaimed Dividends should be filed.

• Before attempting to file a Motion to Deposit Funds to Court Registry, permission must be sought from either the Clerk or the Clerk's financial supervisor.  View contact information

• The Court will deduct a fee from funds deposited in the court registry. Details of this fee may be obtained when seeking advance permission from the Clerk or the Clerk's financial supervisor.

Filing Requirements

• The Motion must be signed by the filing party.

• The Motion should contain a certification that contact has been made with the Clerk or Clerk's financial supervisor prior to filing, and that the terms and conditions of the deposit have been understood and accepted.

• A Certificate of Service showing service of the Motion on the debtor/debtor's attorney, Trustee and US Trustee must be included.

• Filing party is responsible for uploading a proposed order.

Step by Step Instructions:

1. Log into CM/ECF

2. Select Bankruptcy > Motions, Applications & Briefs

3. Enter the case number (e.g. xx-xxxxx). Click Next

4. Select Deposit Funds into Court Registry, Motion to from the event list. Click Next

5. Select appropriate radio button to indicate whether or not the Motion you are filing is amended.

6. Check box if jointly filing with another attorney, click Next.

7. If you indicated that you are filing jointly with other attorney(s), select additional attorney(s) and click Next

NOTE: You cannot add attorneys. Only attorneys who have previously entered an appearance will be available for selection.

8. Select the party filer.  If the party is not listed, click on Add/Create New Party. Click Next

Note: The "Attorney/Party Association” screen may appear. If your party selection was correct, check the box to create an association and click Next.

9. Browse to select the Motion (pdf file).  Click Next

10. If you indicated in step 5 that you are filing an amended motion, all pending motions on the docket are displayed. Select the motion that is being amended and click Next

11. Enter additional text, if desired, and/or select prefix text and click Next

Note: The prefix text option is not available if you indicated in Step 5 that the Motion you are filing is amended.

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

13. Upload proposed order

Curing a Deficient Filing

An Amended Motion, fixing deficient items, must be filed prior to the deficiency deadline using the above instructions or the original Application may be stricken from the record.

If the only deficiency was a missing Certificate of Service, it may be filed separately without refiling the entire Motion, using the Certificate of Service event.