bankruptcy clerk

bankruptcy clerk
bankruptcy clerk
This office receives and is responsible for the management and safe keeping of the documents filed under a bankruptcy case or adversary proceeding. The clerk is responsible for keeping a docket for each case, a claims register, correct copies of court documents filed in a case, as well as an index of all cases and adversary proceedings filed. Additionally, the clerk is often responsible for noticing creditors of deadlines within a case or proceeding. (Bernstein's Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terminology)

United Glossary of Bankruptcy Terms 2012.

bankruptcy clerk
This office receives and is responsible for the management and safe keeping of the documents filed under a bankruptcy case or adversary proceeding. The clerk is responsible for keeping a docket for each case, a claims register, correct copies of court documents filed in a case, as well as an index of all cases and adversary proceedings filed. Additionally, the clerk is often responsible for noticing creditors of deadlines within a case or proceeding.

US Bankruptcy 2012.


Glossary of Bankruptcy.

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