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COMPENSATION AND TRUSTEE REIMBURSEMENT
PROCEDURES IN CHAPTER 7 ASSET CASES
(a) APPLICABILITY
Except as provided herein, this Rule applies in all chapter 7 asset cases in all divisions of the court and supersedes any previous general order. Nothing in this Rule shall preclude the trustee from seeking court approval to disburse estate funds by way of a noticed motion filed and served pursuant to Local Bankruptcy Rule 9013-1.
(b) AUTHORIZATION TO USE ESTATE FUNDS UP TO $750 TO PAY CERTAIN EXPENSES
During the course of a case, a trustee may disburse up to $750 from estate funds to pay the following actual and necessary expenses of the estate without further authority from the court (the “Authorized Allocation”):
- (1)
- Actual cost of noticing, postage, copying
- (2)
- Costs to advertise sale
- (3)
- Computer charges
- (4)
- Long distance telephone
- (5)
- Postage
- (6)
- Moving or storage of estate assets
- (7)
- Teletransmission
- (8)
- Travel charges for trustee (includes lodging, meals, mileage and parking)
- (9)
- Bank charges for research or copies
- (10)
- Court reporting fees
- (11)
- Delivery of documents
- (12)
- Expedited mail
- (13)
- Filing and process serving
- (14)
- Notary fees
- (15)
- Recording fees
- (16)
- Deposition/transcript fees
- (17)
- Witness fees
- (18)
- Locate and move assets
- (19)
- Prepare litigation support documents
- (20)
- Insurance
- (21)
- Locksmith
- (22)
- Rent
- (23)
- Security services
- (24)
- Utilities
- (25)
- Taxes payable pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 503(b)(1)(B), but not preconversion taxes
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