Bankruptcy Filing Fees Can Be Paid In Advance.
Not everyone is aware that the chapter 7 and chapter 13 filing fee can be paid for in installments. At time of filing the bankruptcy petition, an application is made which is almost always granted which allows the filing fee to be paid in 4 equal installments.
Filing Fees (as of the date of this article)
Chapter 7: $335/4 $83.75
Chapter 13: $310/4 $77.50
How to pay the filing fees once your application is approved:
Once your application to pay the filing fee in installments has been approved, you must make your monthly payments on time or the Clerk of the Court will dismiss your case without warning.
- We forwarded the first of four payments on your behalf to the Clerk at the time of filing your application.
- Your remaining three (3) payments are due 30 days, 60 days and 90 days after the date of filing your case.
- Payments are in the amount of $83.75
- Payments must be in the form of a Money Order
- Mail payment to the address below where your case was filed.
NOTE: to be safe, mail your payment 10 days prior to the due date to ensure it arrives on time.
Include your case number on the money order along with your name and address.
Address to mail your Bankruptcy Filing Fees installment payment:
For Newark Cases
Mailing Address:
US Bankruptcy Court
District of New Jersey
PO Box 1352
Newark, NJ 07101-1352
Phone (973) 645-4764
For Trenton Cases:
Mailing Address:
Clarkson S. Fisher US Courthouse
402 East State Street
Trenton, NJ 08608
Phone (609) 858-9333
For Camden Cases:
Mailing Address:
US Bankruptcy Court
District of New Jersey
PO Box 2067
Camden NJ 08101
Phone (856) 361-2300
