(a) Filing 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) Filing a 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) Form of Chapter 13 Plan. If there is an Official Form for a plan filed in a chapter 13 case, that form must be used unless a Local Form has been adopted in compliance with Rule 3015.1. With either the Official Form or a Local Form, a nonstandard provision is effective only if it is included in a section of the form designated for nonstandard provisions and is also identified in accordance with any other requirements of the form. As used in this rule and the Official Form or a Local Form, ‘‘nonstandard provision’’ means a provision not otherwise included in the Official or Local Form or deviating from it.
(d) Notice. If the plan is not included with the notice of the hearing on confirmation mailed under Rule 2002, the debtor shall serve the plan on the trustee and all creditors when it is filed with the court.
(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 under 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, at least seven days before the date set for the hearing on confirmation, unless the court orders otherwise. 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) Effect of Confirmation. Upon the confirmation of a chapter 12 or chapter 13 plan:
(1) any determination in the plan made under Rule 3012 about the amount of a secured claim is binding on the holder of the claim, even if the holder files a contrary proof of claim or the debtor schedules that claim, and regardless of whether an objection to the claim has been filed; and
(2) any request in the plan to terminate the stay imposed by § 362(a), § 1201(a), or § 1301(a) is granted.
(h) Modification of Plan After Confirmation. A request to modify a plan under § 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. 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; Apr. 27, 2017, eff. Dec. 1, 2017.)
added in current removed in current
Compared to current version (2025).
(a) FilingTime 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; or
(2) within the time prescribed by § 1221 of the Code.
(b) Filing.
(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 directorders.
(c) Form of a Chapter 13 Plan. If there is an Official Form for a pla
(1) In General. In filed ing a cChapter 13 case, that fplan, the debtorm must be used unless a Local Form has been adopted in compliance with Rule 3015.1. With either the Official Form or a Local F Form 113, unless the court has adopted a local form under Rule 3015.1.
(2) Nonstandard Provision. With either form, a nonstandard provision is effective only if it is included in athe section of the form that is designated for nonstandard provisions and is also identified in accordance with any other requirements of the form. As used in this rule and the Official Form or a Local Form, ‘‘nonstandard provision’’ means a provision not otherwise included in the Official or Local F nonstandard provision is one that is not included in the form or deviatinges from it.
(d) NoticeServing a Copy of the Plan. If the plan iwas not included with the notice of the hearing ona confirmation hearing mailed under Rule 2002, the debtor shallmust serve the plan on the trustee and all creditors when it is filed with the court.
(e) Transmission to.
(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 under 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, at leastthe court designates, and must send a copy to the United States trustee. Unless the court orders otherwise, the objection must be filed, servend, and sent at least 7 days before the date set for the hearing on confirmation, unless the court orders otherwise. An objection to confirmation is governed by Rule 9014 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 without receiving evidence on such issues.
(g) Effect of Confirmation. Upon the confirmation of a cChapter 12 or chapter 13 pPlan:
(1) any determination in the plan made under Rule 3012 about the amount of a secured claim is binding on the holder of the claim, on the Amount of 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 or, the debtor schedules that claim, and regardless of whetheor an objection to the claim has been filed; and
(2) anyis filed.
(2) Terminating the Stay. When a plan is confirmed, a request in the plan to terminate the stay imposed byunder § 362(a), § 1201(a), or § 1301(a) is granted.
(h) Modification ofying a Plan After It Is Confirmed.
(1) Request to Modify a Plan After It Is Confirmationed. A request to modify a confirmed 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 notic 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 may require sthall be transmitt a single local form be used for a Chapter 13 plan instead of Form 113 if it: (a) is adopted tofor the United States trustee. A copy of the proposed modification, or a summary thereof, shall be included with the 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 amdistrict 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 of the collateral; 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 by the debtor’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- resendted Apr. 30, 1991, eff. Aug. 1, 1991; Apr. 22, 1993, eff. Aug. 1, 1993; Madebtor, that the plan does not contain any non- standard provision except as set out in the final paragraph. (Added Apr. 267, 200917, eff. Dec. 1, 2009;17; amended Apr. 27, 201724, eff. Dec. 1, 201724.)