U.S. Bankruptcy Court Records

Search public court records from U.S. Bankruptcy Court online for free with easy to use case search tools for finding court cases and case summaries by case number, case name, party, attorney, judge, docket entry, and more. Filter cases further by date of filing, jurisdiction, case type, party type, and, party representation.

UniCourt gives you access to Federal Bankruptcy Court records across the State of United States, so you can search a range of different types of bankruptcy cases including Chapter 7, Chapter 9, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13, and Chapter 15. You can even drill down further and search for bankruptcy cases involving Adversary Proceedings, Debt Discharge Challenges, Debtor Discharge Challenges, Petitions, Revoked Confirmed Plans, and Other Proceedings. With UniCourt, you can lookup federal Bankruptcy Court cases online, find the latest docket information, view case summaries, check case statuses, download court documents, as well as track lawsuits and get alerts on new case updates.

Leverage UniCourt’s Legal Data as a Service (LDaaS) to get bulk access to court data from the United States Bankruptcy Courts. We collect, organize, standardize, and normalize court data from courts throughout the federal court system’s Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) and the state courts, and make it all easily accessible and useful through our web app and Legal Data APIs.

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About the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts

The United States federal court system has three tiers: the U.S. District Courts, which are the trial courts; the U.S. Courts of Appeals, which are the first levels of appeal; and the Supreme Court of the United States, which is the final level of appeal. There are 94 District Courts, 13 Courts of Appeals, and one Supreme Court across the entire country. The U.S. Bankruptcy Courts are a unit of the U.S. District Courts. Currently, there are 90 federal bankruptcy courts.

The U.S. Bankruptcy Courts have exclusive jurisdiction over bankruptcy cases. Federal bankruptcy law aims to give a debtor, which can be a person or a business, a “fresh start” by relieving the debtor of most debts and giving them the opportunity to repay creditors.

The majority of bankruptcy cases are filed by consumers under one of the following chapters in the Bankruptcy Code:

  • Chapter 7 provides that non-exempt assets be liquidated and proceeds distributed to creditors.

  • Chapter 9 applies to local governments and instrumentalities.

  • Chapter 11 allows businesses to reorganize and continue operating. Individuals whose debts exceed statutory limits for filing under Chapter 13 may file under Chapter 11.

  • Chapter 12 applies to family farmers and fishermen.

  • Chapter 13 provides that debtors with regular income retain assets and obtain court-confirmed plans to pay off their creditors.

  • Chapter 15 applies to foreign corporations and individuals.

The procedural aspects of the bankruptcy process are governed by the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, also known as the "Bankruptcy Rules,” and the local rules of each Bankruptcy Court.

When a bankruptcy case is filed a trustee is appointed by the U.S. Trustee, a Justice Department entity, to administer the estate. Then, a meeting of creditors must be held, commonly known as the 341 meeting, no matter what chapter the case is filed under. The debtor is required to attend this meeting. The meeting of creditors gives the trustee and creditors the opportunity to ask questions about the debtor’s financial affairs and the extent of the debtor’s holdings. The case trustee, not a bankruptcy judge, presides over this hearing. A Bankruptcy judge may later issue decisions relating to the case.

Sometimes adversary proceedings are filed. Adversary proceedings are separate civil lawsuits that arise in bankruptcy cases, including actions to object to or revoke discharges, to obtain injunctions or other equitable relief, and to determine the dischargeability of debt.

Decisions of the Bankruptcy Courts may be appealed to the District Court, or depending on the circuit, to a bankruptcy appellate panel. If certain statutory requirements are met, the Court of Appeals may authorize a direct appeal from a Bankruptcy Court judge’s ruling to the Court of Appeals. Decisions may be further appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Officials

U.S. Bankruptcy Court judges are appointed by a majority vote of the Circuit Court judges in the jurisdiction in which they sit, upon the recommendation of the Judicial Council for that region. The Judicial Council consists of Courts of Appeals and District Court judges and is chaired by the Chief Judge of the Circuit.

Bankruptcy judges are appointed to 14 year, renewable terms. To be eligible to be a Bankruptcy Court judge, a person must be: a member of the bar in at least one state and in good standing with every bar of which they are a member; of good character; and not related to an appointing judge or a District Court judge that they would be serving. There are approximately 350 Bankruptcy judgeships in the U.S.

Courthouses in U.S. Bankruptcy Court

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One Church Street, Montgomery, AL 36104, USA
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1800 5th Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203, USA
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201 St. Louis Street, Mobile, AL 36602, USA
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Historic Courthouse, 605 W. 4th Avenue,Suite 138,Anchorage, AK, 99501-2296, USA
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(Phoenix Division) 230 N. First Avenue, Suite 101, Phoenix, AZ 85003-1727, USA
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300 W. Second St., Little Rock, AR 72201, USA
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300 W. Second St., Little Rock, AR 72201, USA
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255 East Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA
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2500 Tulare Street, Suite 2501, Fresno, CA 93721, USA
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450 Golden Gate Avenue, 18th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA
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325 West F Street, San Diego, California 92101, USA
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721 19th St., Denver, CO 80202-2508, USA
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915 Lafayette Boulevard Bridgeport, CT 06604, USA
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824 N. Market Street, 3rd Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801, USA
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E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse 333 Constitution Ave, NW #1225 Washington, DC 20001, USA
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United States Courthouse, 300 North Hogan Street,Suite 3-150, Jacksonville, FL 32202, USA
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110 E. Park Ave., Ste. 100, Tallahassee, FL 32301, USA
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C. Clyde Atkins United States Courthouse, 301 N. Miami Avenue, Room 150, Miami, FL 33128, USA
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433 Cherry Street, P.O. Box 1957, Macon, GA 31202, USA
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U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Georgia (For Division Office address information call 404-215-1000, and press 8.), USA
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Post Office Box 8347, Savannah, GA 31412, USA
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520 W. Soledad Ave, Hagatna GU 96910, USA
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1132 Bishop Street, Suite 250, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
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James A McClure Federal Building & US Courthouse 550 West Fort St RM 400 Boise ID 83724-0042, USA
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US Bankruptcy Court,600 E Monroe St #226,Springfield, IL 62701, USA
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219 South Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60604, USA
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750 Missouri Ave, East St Louis, IL 62201, USA, USA
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401 South Michigan Street, South Bend, Indiana 46601, USA
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46 E. Ohio St. Rm. 116, Indianapolis, IN 46204, USA
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111 Seventh Avenue SE Box 15, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401-2101, USA
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U.S. Courthouse Annex, 110 East Court Avenue, Suite 300, Des Moines, Iowa 50309, USA
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500 State Avenue, Kansas City KS 66101, USA
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PO Box 1111, Lexington, KY 40588-1111, USA
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601 West Broadway, Suite 450, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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Hale Boggs Building, 500 Poydras Street, Room B-601, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
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707 Florida Street Room 119 Baton Rouge, LA 70801, USA
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300 Fannin Street, Suite 2201, Shreveport, LA 71101, USA
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537 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101, USA
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Baltimore - 101 W. Lombard Street Baltimore MD 21201, USA
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John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse, 5 Post Office Square, Room 1150, Boston, MA 02109, USA
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211 West Fort Street Detroit, Michigan 48226, USA
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One Division, N., Room 200, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA
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301 U.S. Courthouse 300 South Fourth Street Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415, USA
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United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Mississippi, Thad Cochran U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse, 703 Highway 145, Aberdeen, MS 39730, USA
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P.O. Box 2448 Jackson, MS 39225-2448, USA
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111 South 10th Street, Fourth Floor, St. Louis, MO 63102, USA
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400 East 9th Street, Room 1510, Kansas City, MO 64106, USA
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Room 263 Federal Building, 400 North Main, Butte, MT 59703, USA
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111 South 18th Plaza, Suite 1125, Omaha, NE 68102, USA
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U.S. Bankruptcy CourtDistrict of Nevada, USA
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55 Pleasant Street, Room 200, Concord, NH 03301-3941, USA
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Fed Blg,50 Walnut Street, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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10th Floor 500 Gold Avenue Southwest Albuquerque, NM 87103, USA
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271-C Cadman Plaza East, Suite 1595, Brooklyn, NY 11201-1800, USA
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445 Broadway Suite 330,Albany, NY 12207, USA
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One Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004, USA
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300 Pearl Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, USA
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300 Fayetteville Street, PO Box 791, Raleigh, NC 27602, USA
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101 South Edgeworth Street, Greensboro, NC 27401, USA
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401 West Trade Street, Room 111, Charlotte, NC 28202, USA
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655 1ST AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 210, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA 58102-4932, USA
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2nd Floor, Horiguchi Building, Beach Road, Garapan, P.O. Box 500687, Saipan, MP 96950, USA
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455 U.S. Courthouse, 2 South Main Street, Akron, Ohio 44308, USA
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221 E. Fourth Street, Atrium 2, Suite 800, Cincinnati, OH 45202, USA
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111 W. 4th Street, P. O. Box 1347, Okmulgee, OK, 74447, USA
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224 South Boulder Avenue, Suite 105, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103, USA
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215 Dean A. McGee Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, USA
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1001 SW 5th Ave #700, Portland, OR 97204, USA
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Philadelphia Office -- 900 Market Street Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19107, Reading Office -- The Madison Building, 400 Washington Street Reading, PA 19601, USA
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HARRISBURG, Ronald Reagan Federal Building, 228 Walnut St, Rm 320, Harrisburg, PA 17101 or WILKES-BARRE, 274 Max Rosenn US Courthouse, 197 South Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701, USA
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5414 U.S. Steel Tower, 600 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 or U.S. Courthouse, Room B160, 17 South Park Row, Erie, PA 16501, USA
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Jose V. Toledo Federal Building & US Courthouse300 Recinto Sur Suite 109San Juan PR 00901, USA
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380 Westminster Street 6th Floor, Providence, RI 02903, USA
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J. Bratton Davis United States Bankruptcy Courthouse 1100 Laurel Street Columbia, SC 29201, USA
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400 S Phillips Ave Rm 104, Sioux Falls, SD 57104-6851; 225 S Pierre St Room 203, Pierre, SD 57501-2463, USA
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31 East 11th Street Chattanooga, TN 37402, USA
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701 Broadway, Room 170, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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200 Jefferson Ave., Rm. 410, Memphis, TN 38103, USA
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9th Floor, 110 North College Ave, Tyler, Texas 75702, USA
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Clerk's Office, Dallas Division - Earle Cabell Building, U.S. Courthouse, 1100 Commerce Street - Room 1254, Dallas, TX 75242, USA
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Reynaldo G. Garza-Filemon B. Vela United States Courthouse, 600 E. Harrison St., Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
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615 E. Houston St, Rm 597, San Antonio, TX 78205, USA
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Frank E. Moss Courthouse,350 South Main Street #301,Salt Lake City,UT 84101, USA
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U.S. Bankruptcy Court, 11 Elmwood Avenue, P.O. Box 1663, Burlington, VT 05402-1663, USA
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The Clerk Of The District Court -Bankruptcy Division 5500 Veterans Drive, Ste. 310St. Thomas V. I. 00802-6424, USA
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(Alexandria Division) Martin V. B. Bostetter, Jr. Courthouse, 200 S. Washington Street, Alexandria, VA, 22314-5405, USA
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210 Church Avenue, Room 200, Roanoke, VA 24011, USA
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PO Box 2164, Spokane, WA 99210, USA
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Suite 6301, 700 Stewart St., Seattle, Washington, 98101, USA
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P.O. Box 70, Wheeling, WV 26003, USA
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Robert C. Byrd U.S. Federal Courthouse 300 Virginia St. East, Room 3200 Charleston, WV 25301, USA
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Room 126, U.S. Courthouse, 517 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202-4581, USA
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120 North Henry Street; Madison, WI 53703, USA
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2120 Capitol Avenue, #6004, Cheyenne, WY 82001, USA
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Facts and Statistics

  • In 2018, 773,375 bankruptcy petitions were filed.

  • On average, nonbusiness bankruptcy petitions make up 95% of all bankruptcy petitions filed.

  • Chapters 9, 12, and 15 typically account for less than 1% of all petitions filed.

  • In 2018, over 24,100 adversary proceedings were filed.

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UniCourt gives you access not only to court records from the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts, but also to the U.S. Supreme Court and many of the largest federal District Courts in the United States, including the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

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