Fees by court
Our flat fee in each of the four California bankruptcy courts.
Our fee in each court
- Central District$200See the fee card for the Central District of California
- Eastern District$200See the fee card for the Eastern District of California
- Northern District$150See the fee card for the Northern District of California
- Southern District$175See the fee card for the Southern District of California
What our flat fee covers
Our flat fee covers the specific services listed in your written agreement. The advertised fee is the same for an accepted Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 engagement and for an individual or joint filing. It includes our expenses, such as copies and postage. We do not promise to prepare every document that may arise in your case. Later work requires a written agreement before it begins, and our aggregate charges remain within the applicable case-wide limit. We correct our own preparation errors without an additional charge.
How our fees are set
Bankruptcy petition preparer guidelines apply in each California bankruptcy court. Where a court publishes a maximum fee for bankruptcy petition preparers, our fee for that court does not exceed it. Our fee includes all of our expenses. The court can review any preparer's fee and order it reduced or refunded.
The court filing fee is separate. You pay it directly to the court. We never receive or handle court filing fees. The current court filing fees are on the U.S. Courts bankruptcy fee schedule (opens an outside website).
The county lists below come from the courts' published areas. They are for reference only. They do not choose a court for you. You choose the court you file in.
Central District of California
Our fee: $200
Source: U.S. Trustee, Region 16, Bankruptcy Petition Preparer Guidelines (opens an outside website), paragraph 4. The guidelines describe $200, including expenses, as the charge typically allowed. The bankruptcy court determines a reasonable fee and may allow less. Our advertised fee is $200.
Counties in this court's area
Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura.
Court website: Central District of California website (opens an outside website)
Eastern District of California
Our fee: $200
We prepare only permitted documents you independently select, from your specific directions.
Source: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California, General Order 23-06 (opens an outside website), paragraphs 2 and 5. The order establishes a $200 limit including expenses within its rebuttable-presumption framework, subject to modification by court order on motion. Our advertised fee is $200.
Counties in this court's area
Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo and Yuba.
Court website: Eastern District of California website (opens an outside website)
Northern District of California
Our fee: $150
The Northern District's published guidelines set a $150 maximum, including expenses, and contain a restriction on installments when a preparer received money or property during the year before filing. As a business policy, in every district, we do not accept cases where the client plans to pay the court filing fee in installments. We supply the complete applicable guidelines and required notice before preparation or payment.
Source: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California, Bankruptcy Petition Preparer Guidelines (opens an outside website), paragraphs 1, 2 and 4.
Counties in this court's area
Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Sonoma.
Court website: Northern District of California website (opens an outside website)
Southern District of California
Our fee: $175
Our fee is $175, including our expenses. The court filing fee is separate and must be paid directly to the court. We do not offer filing, messenger or courier services.
Counties in this court's area
San Diego and Imperial.
Court website: Southern District of California website (opens an outside website)