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Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Emergency Petition Filing Checklist...

San Jose, California... October 14, 2005...

Here is what I found out. I filed today (Friday 14 Oct 2005) !!!

The www.FORM7.com program prints ALL the forms VERY nicely, including the "mailing matrix" (which apparrently is for scanning and OCR purposes, used to print form letters and mailing labels by the court clerk.)

You also need a diskette, the recorded message for the San Jose, California, bankruptcy court says so. -- (Perhaps they use the .TXT file from the diskette if there is any problem scanning/ocr the printed matrix? Or, the printed one is just for verification/backup?)

Minimum requirements for the basic or emergency Chapter 7 filing:
  • The Petition (B1, 2 pages)
  • Notice to individual consumer debtors (B201, 1 page)
  • Notice of Available Chapters (San Jose Local Req't)
  • Creditor matrix cover sheet (San Jose Local Req't)
  • Creditor matrix (for scanning/ocr or backup)
  • Creditor matrix on diskette
  • Statement of SSN

Voice message says: original plus FOUR copies,
TWO-hole punched at the top, BUT they only kept one
copy, and returned one to me date-stamped as filed.

The clerk said I could amend the creditor matrix and must
complete the filing within 15 days. Any amendment will
cost $26.00 at the time of filing the amendments.

Check for YOUR local requirements!!! There are minor variations... I called the court clerk in San Jose twice on Thursday afternoon, the phone rang for 30 minutes both times before I gave up!
 
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