NOTICES TO CREDITORS

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland

Rule Set: Local Bankruptcy Rules of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland

Rule: 1009-1

Jurisdiction: DMDB

Bluebook Citation: Bankr. D. Md. R. 1009-1

(I) OMITTED FROM OR INCORRECTLY LISTED ON MASTER MAILING MATRIX OR (II) AFFECTED BY AMENDMENT TO SCHEDULE Upon the debtor’s filing of amended schedules or a supplemental or amended mailing matrix to add a creditor or correct a creditor’s information, the debtor must comply with the following notice requirements: (a) Notice to Creditors. The debtor must send to each creditor who is added, whose address is corrected, or whose status or scheduled claim is changed by an amendment: (1) a copy of the original Notice for Meeting of Creditors; (2) a copy of each order that establishes or extends a bar date for filing proofs of claims or complaints to determine the dischargeability of certain debts or to object to the discharge of the debtor; and (3) a copy of the amended schedule, if applicable. (b) Notice to United States Trustee. Upon the filing of an amended schedule that adds a previously unscheduled creditor or alters a creditor’s scheduled status or claim, in addition to complying with subsection (a) of this Rule, the debtor must send a copy of the amended schedule to the United States Trustee and to any trustee appointed in the case.

Ver. 25.01 (December 1, 2025) 7 (c) Certificate of Compliance. Contemporaneously with the filing of either (1) an amended schedule or (2) a supplemental or amended mailing matrix, the debtor must file a certificate of compliance with this Rule, together with, if applicable, a dated and conspicuously titled supplemental mailing matrix that lists only the names and correct mailing addresses of each newly scheduled and/or amended creditor. (d) Notice of Amendment of Schedules in Chapter 9 and Chapter 11 Cases.

Whenever the debtor or the trustee in a Chapter 9 or a Chapter 11 case amends the debtor’s schedules to change the amount, nature, classification, or characterization of a debt owing to a creditor, the debtor or the trustee must, within fourteen (14) days of filing, transmit notice of the amendment to the creditor, which notice must conspicuously identify the claims being amended, and provide notice of the creditor’s right to file a proof of claim by the later of: (1) the bar date (if any); or (2) either (A) thirty (30) days from the date of notice in a case proceeding under Subchapter V or (B) sixty (60) days from the date of the notice in all other cases in Chapter 9 and Chapter 11. The debtor or the trustee must file a certificate of service of the notice within seven (7) days after service.

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