(a) Notice to All Creditors. Unless the court otherwise provides, the court directs the proponent, excepting the office of the United States trustee, to give notice of:
(1) a proposed use, sale or lease of property other than in the ordinary course of business;
(2) the hearing on approval of a compromise or settlement of a controversy;
(3) in chapter 7, 11, and 12 cases, the hearing on the dismissal or conversion of the case to another chapter;
(4) the time fixed to accept or reject a proposed modification of a plan;
(5) except as limited by subsection (b), a hearing on all applications for compensation or reimbursement of expenses totaling in excess of $500;
(6) the time fixed for filing objections and the hearing to consider approval of a disclosure statement;
(7) the time fixed for filing objections and the hearing to consider confirmation of a plan;
(8) the notice of entry of an order confirming a chapter 11 plan; and
(9) in a chapter 7 case, the notice of the trustee's final report.
(b) Limited Notice. As permitted by FRBP 2002(i), required notices of hearings on approval of a compromise or settlement and on applications for compensation or reimbursement of expenses totaling less than $25,000 may be mailed only to the committees or their authorized agents, to the United States trustee and to the creditors and equity security holders who file with the court a request that all notices be mailed to them.
(c) Certificate of Service. Upon request, the clerk shall provide the noticing party with a copy of the updated matrix for the purpose of preparing address labels. A certificate reciting all parties upon whom service of any notice has been made shall be filed within five days of effecting service and no later than seven days prior to the return date of the hearing.
(d) Notices to Committees. Except as the court may otherwise designate, pursuant to FRBP 9007, service of notice upon a committee may be made by serving the committee chairperson and the duly appointed attorney for the committee, if any, or other authorized agent. Upon application by a party in interest, the court may designate additional entities to whom notice shall be given.
(e) Return Address on Court Generated Notices. The clerk shall place the name and address of the debtor's attorney of record, or that of the pro se debtor, as the case may be, as the return address on all notices sent out by the court to all creditors and other parties in interest.
(f) Duty to Renotice on Returned Mail. Should any such notices referred to in subsection (c) above be returned, debtor's counsel or the pro se debtor shall promptly send out the notice to any corrected address noted thereon for the given party in interest.
(g)
Duty of Party in Interest to Notify Clerk of Change of Address. Any change
of address of an interested party should be filed with the clerk and such
notice of the change must contain the debtor's name, case number, the party's
name and original address given to the court, together with the party's
complete new mailing address.
Comment
This rule is
intended to facilitate the service of papers. Reference is made to Local
Bankruptcy Rules 4002-2 and 9011-2 for requirements for designation of
address and change of address for debtors and pro se parties, respectively.