(a) Chapter 12 Plan. The debtor may file a chapter 12 plan with the petition. If a plan is not filed with the petition, it shall be filed within the time prescribed by § 1221 of the Code.
(b) Chapter 13 Plan. The debtor may file a chapter 13 plan with the petition. If a plan is not filed with the petition, it shall be filed within 14 days thereafter, and such time may not be further extended except for cause shown and on notice as the court may direct. If a case is converted to chapter 13, a plan shall be filed within 14 days thereafter, and such time may not be further extended except for cause shown and on notice as the court may direct.
(c) Dating. Every proposed plan and any modification thereof shall be dated.
(d) Notice and Copies. The plan or a summary of the plan shall be included with each notice of the hearing on confirmation mailed pursuant to Rule 2002. If required by the court, the debtor shall furnish a sufficient number of copies to enable the clerk to include a copy of the plan with the notice of the hearing.
(e) Transmission to United States Trustee. The clerk shall forthwith transmit to the United States trustee a copy of the plan and any modification thereof filed pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) of this rule.
(f) Objection to Confirmation; Determination of Good Faith in the Absence of an Objection. An objection to confirmation of a plan shall be filed and served on the debtor, the trustee, and any other entity designated by the court, and shall be transmitted to the United States trustee, before confirmation of the plan. An objection to confirmation is governed by Rule 9014. If no objection is timely filed, the court may determine that the plan has been proposed in good faith and not by any means forbidden by law without receiving evidence on such issues.
(g) Modification of Plan After Confirmation. A request to modify a plan pursuant to § 1229 or § 1329 of the Code shall identify the proponent and shall be filed together with the proposed modification. The clerk, or some other person as the court may direct, shall give the debtor, the trustee, and all creditors not less than 21 days’ notice by mail of the time fixed for filing objections and, if an objection is filed, the hearing to consider the proposed modification, unless the court orders otherwise with respect to creditors who are not affected by the proposed modification. A copy of the notice shall be transmitted to the United States trustee. A copy of the proposed modification, or a summary thereof, shall be included with the notice. If required by the court, the proponent shall furnish a sufficient number of copies of the proposed modification, or a summary thereof, to enable the clerk to include a copy with each notice. Any objection to the proposed modification shall be filed and served on the debtor, the trustee, and any other entity designated by the court, and shall be transmitted to the United States trustee. An objection to a proposed modification is governed by Rule 9014.
(As amended Apr. 30, 1991, eff. Aug. 1, 1991; Apr. 22, 1993, eff. Aug. 1, 1993; Mar. 26, 2009, eff. Dec. 1, 2009.)
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Compared to current version (2025).
(a) Time to File a Chapter 12 Plan. The debtor mayust file a cChapter 12 plan:
(1) with the petition. If a plan is not filed with the petition, it shall be filed within the time prescribed by § 1221 of the Code.
(b) Chapter 13 Plan; or
(2) within the time prescribed by § 1221.
(b) Time to File a Chapter 13 Plan.
(1) In General. The debtor mayust file a cChapter 13 plan with the petition. If a plan is not filed with or within 14 days after the petition, it shall be filed within 14 days thereafter, and such time may not be furthers filed. The time to file must not be extended except for cause shown and on notice as the court may directorders.
(2) Case Converted to Chapter 13. If a case is converted to cChapter 13, athe plan shallmust be filed within 14 days thereafter, and suchafter conversion. The time mayust not be further extended except for cause shown and on notice as the court may direct.
(c) Dating. Every proposed plan and any modification thereof shall be datedorders.
(c) Form of a Chapter 13 Plan.
(1) In General. In filing a Chapter 13 plan, the debtor must use Form 113, unless the court has adopted a local form under Rule 3015.1.
(d2) Notice and Copies. The plan or a summary of the plan shall be included with each notice of the hearing on confirmation mailed pursuant to Rule 2002. If required by the court, the debtor shall furnish a sufficient number of copies to enable the clerk to includenstandard Provision. With either form, a nonstandard provision is effective only if it is included in the section of the form that is designated for nonstandard provisions and is identified in accordance with any other requirements of the form. A nonstandard provision is one that is not included in the form or deviates from it.
(d) Serving a cCopy of the plan with the notice of the hearing.
(e) Transmission toPlan. If the plan was not included with the notice of a confirmation hearing mailed under Rule 2002, the debtor must serve the plan on the trustee and creditors when it is filed.
(e) Copy to the United States Trustee. The clerk shall forthwith transmitmust promptly send to the United States trustee a copy of the plan and any modification thereof filed pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) of this ruleany plan filed under (a) or (b) or any modification of it.
(f) Objection to Confirmation; Determination ofing Good Faith in the Absence ofWhen No Objection is Filed.
(1) Serving an Objection. An entity that objections to a plan’s confirmation of a plan shall bemust filed and served the objection on the debtor, the trustee, and any other entity designated by the court, and shall be transmitted to the United States trustee, before confirmation of the plan. An objection to confirmation is governed by Rule 9014the court designates, and must send a copy to the United States trustee. Unless the court orders otherwise, the objection must be filed, served, and sent at least 7 days before the date set for the confirmation hearing. The objection is governed by Rule 9014.
(2) When No Objection Is Filed. If no objection is timely filed, the court may, without receiving evidence, determine that the plan has been proposed in good faith and not by any means forbidden by law with.
(g) Effect of Confirmation of a Chapter 12 or 13 Plan on the Amount receiving evidence on such issues.
(g) Modification ofof a Secured Claim; Terminating the Stay.
(1) Secured Claim. When a plan is confirmed, the amount of a secured claim-determined in the plan under Rule 3012-becomes binding on the claim holder. That is the effect even if the holder files a contrary proof of claim, the debtor schedules that claim, or an objection to the claim is filed.
(2) Terminating the Stay. When a plan is confirmed, a request in the plan to terminate the stay imposed under § 362(a), § 1201(a), or § 1301(a) is granted.
(h) Modifying a Plan After It Is Confirmationed.
(1) Request to Modify a Plan After It Is Confirmed. A request to modify a plan pursuant toconfirmed plan under § 1229 or § 1329 of the Code shallmust identify the proponent and shall be filed together with the proposed modification. The clerk, or some other person as the court may direct, shallinclude the proposed modification. Unless the court orders otherwise for creditors not affected by the modification, the clerk or the court’s designee must:
(A) give the debtor, the trustee, and all creditors noat less thanast 21 days’ notice, by mail, of the time fixed forto filinge objections and, if an objection is filed, the hearing to consider the proposed modification, unless the court orders otherwise with respect to creditors who are not affected by the proposed modification. A copy of the notice shall be transmitted to the United States trustee. A copy of the proposed modification, or a sum the date of any hearing;
(B) send a copy of the notice to the United States trustee; and
(C) include a copy or summary of the modification.
(2) Objecting to a Modification. Rule 9014 governs an objection to a proposed modification. An objection must be filed and served on: • the debtor; • the trustee; and • any other entity the court designates. A copy must also be sent to the United States trustee.
(As amended Apr. 30, 1991, eff. Aug. 1, 1991; Apr. 22, 1993, eff. Aug. 1, 1993; Mar. 26, 2009, eff. Dec. 1, 2009; Apr. 27, 2017, eff. Dec. 1, 2017; Apr. 2, 2024, eff. Dec. 1, 2024.)
Appended Forms
Rule 3015.1. Requirements for a Local Form for a Chapter 13 Plan As an exception to Rule 9029(a)(1), a district mary thereof, shall be included with the notice. If required by the court, the proponent shall furnish a sufficient number of copies of the proposed modification, or a summary thereof, to enable the clerk to include a copy with each notice. Any objecrequire that a single local form be used for a Chapter 13 plan instead of Form 113 if it: (a) is adopted for the district after public notice and an oppor- tunity for comment; (b) numbers and labels each paragraph in boldface type with a heading that states its general subject matter; (c) includes an opening paragraph for the debtor to indicate that the plan does or does not: (1) contain a nonstandard provision; (2) limit the amount of a secured claim based on a valuation tof the proposed modification shall be filed and servcollateral; or (3) avoid a security interest or lien; (d) contains separate paragraphs relating to: (1) curing any default and maintaining payments on a claim secured onby the debtor, the trustee, and any other entity designated by the court, and shall be transmitted to the United States trustee. An objection to a proposed modification is governed by Rule 9014.
(As amende’s principal residence; (2) paying a domestic support obligation; (3) paying a claim described in the final paragraph of § 1325(a); and (4) surrendering property that secures a claim and request- ing that the stay under § 362(a) or 1301(a) related to the prop- erty be terminated; and (e) contains a final paragraph providing a place for: (1) nonstandard provisions as defined in Rule 3015(c), with a warning that any nonstandard provision placed elsewhere is void; and (2) a certification by the debtor’s attorney, or by an unrep- resented debtor, that the plan does not contain any non- standard Apr. 30, 1991, eff. Aug. 1, 1991;ovision except as set out in the final paragraph. (Added Apr. 227, 19932017, eff. AugDec. 1, 1993; Ma2017; amended Apr. 26, 200924, eff. Dec. 1, 200924.)