Maintain Prepetition Bank Accounts

Official Procedure - Created - 7/1/2022: Closed K. Collopy-Norris

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Fed.R.Bankr.P.

11 U.S.C. §

Local Rule 9090-2(C)(4)

 

Per Local Rule 9090-2(C)(4) a Motion to Maintain Prepetition Bank Accounts must include the following: 

(a) a schedule listing each prepetition bank account that the debtor seeks to maintain post-petition; (b) the reason for seeking such authority; (c) the amount on deposit in each account as of the petition date; (d) whether the depository is an authorized depository under 11 U.S.C. § 345(b); and (e) a representation that the debtor has consulted with the Office of the United States Trustee about the continued maintenance of prepetition bank accounts and a representation about whether the United States Trustee has consented to the proposed maintenance of use of the accounts.

If the debtor is unable to provide the information in sections (a)-(e), the motion must explain why it is unavailable and must estimate when the debtor will supplement its motion with the information.

 

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