The district at a glance
- Seven divisions — Houston, Galveston, Victoria, Corpus Christi, Brownsville, McAllen, Laredo — with all five bankruptcy judges keeping Houston courtrooms and riding circuit to the rest
- 2025 consumer filings: 9,287 (5,359 Chapter 7 · 3,916 Chapter 13)
- Filing fees: $338 for Chapter 7, $313 for Chapter 13; amending Schedules D/E/F costs $34
- NextGen CM/ECF (individual PACER accounts; new 14-character password standards rolling out from Aug. 17, 2026)
- All consumer §341 meetings virtual by Zoom (cases filed on or after May 1, 2024), district-wide
- Local rules current as of March 3, 2026 — recently refreshed, which is exactly when out-of-date checklists bite
Official court website: txs.uscourts.gov
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$300 personal Chapter 7 · $400 business Chapter 7 · $400 Chapter 13 without plan · $500 with the Uniform Plan drafted. No retainer, no minimum, no long-term contract — and if the trustee kicks something back, we fix it at no charge.
District details verified August 2026 against the court's Bankruptcy Local Rules (eff. Mar. 3, 2026), General Order 2025-03 and the district's uniform plan forms, the statewide electronic-filing administrative procedures, the trustees' published requirements, the U.S. Trustee Program's §341 notices and means-testing tables, and the AO's CY2025 filing statistics. Rules, forms, trustee assignments, and median-income figures change — always confirm against current sources at txs.uscourts.gov and justice.gov/ust. Services are provided exclusively to licensed attorneys and law firms. We are not a bankruptcy petition preparer and do not provide legal advice or services to the public.