Official Instructions
If you cannot afford to pay the full filing fee when you first file for bankruptcy, you may pay the fee in installments. However, in most cases, you must pay the entire fee within 120 days after you file, and the court must approve your payment timetable. Your debts will not be discharged until you pay your entire fee.
Do not file this form if you can afford to pay your full fee when you file.
If you are filing under chapter 7 and cannot afford to pay the full filing fee at all, you may be qualified to ask the court to waive your filing fee. See Application to Have Your Chapter 7 Filing Fee Waived (Official Form 103B).
If a bankruptcy petition preparer helped you complete this form, make sure that person fills out the Bankruptcy Petition Preparer’s Notice, Declaration, and Signature (Official Form 119); include a copy of it when you file this application.
This form includes a proposed order for use by the court in considering the application. The court may modify the form of the order or use its own version of the order.
COMMITTEE NOTE
The form number is updated to comport with the form numbering style developed as part of the Forms Modernization Project. Other stylistic changes were made throughout the form.
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The content of this article pertains to all US states and counties.