5005-1: File Any Document: FEES and SIGNATURES required; Fee Schedule
LBR 5005-1 requires that proper signatures and fees be included with documents that are delivered to the court for filing. This includes bankruptcy petitions and schedules AND amended schedules.
1. LBR 9011-1 governs signature requirements.
A /s/ is an authorized signature in TWO SCENARIOS ONLY:
- The attorney who files a document electronically, using that attorneys CM/ECF password to carry out the filing.
- The person who "signs" the proof of service of the document that is being filed electronically.
A holographic signature is required for all signatures for all other persons or attorneys. There are no exceptions
- Clients of attorneys
- Other attorneys who sign a stipulation or who sign off on a proposed form of order
LBR 9011-1(a) specifically provides: "Under no circumstances may a reproduction of the same holographic signature be used on multiple pages or in multiple documents. This means a signature stamp does not qualify as a legimate holographic signature.
2. LBR 1006-1 contains instructions about fees to file a bankruptcy petition and other documents that require a filing fee. See link below.
This Fee Schedule identifies documents that require fees and documents that do not require fees to file the document.
Instructions are also provided for the methods of making a payment, such as paying fees by a money order from the U.S. Postal Service, cashiers check from an approved financial institution, credit card of the attorney of record, or pay.gov for certain documents.