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Payment of Filing Fees
Last Updated: July 27, 2026

Payment by Debtors / Non-Electronic Filers:

Note: Non-Electric filers must pay required fees at the time of filing.
Acceptable Payment Methods
  • Online
  • Cashier's Check (No personal checks accepted)
  • Money Order

NOTE: Personal Checks are not accepted
Check or Money Order Payments

Filing Fee Payments

  • Include the Case Number and Debtor's Last Name

Make Payable To:

 Clerk, U.S. Bankrutpcy Court
Mail Payments to: U.S. Bankruptcy Court - Western District of Wisconsin
120 North Henry Street, Room 340
Madison, WI 53703-2559
  Installment Payments Paid by Check or Money Order (See Receiving Installment Payments)
  Chapters 7/11

Make Payable to:

Clerk, U.S. Banktuprcy Court

Mail Payments to:

 

 U.S. Bankruptcy Court - Western District of Wisconsin
120 North Henry Street, Room 340
Madison, WI 53703-2559
  Chapters 12/13 

Make payable to: 

Mark Harring, Trustee

Mail Payments to:

 

 Mark Harring, Chapter 12/13 Trustee
Department 5292
P.O. Box 521
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Online Payment

1. Go to www.wiwb.uscourts.gov/fees

 

  1. Using the left side menu under Fees
  2. Select Methods of Payments
  3. Click on Online Payment Form

   

2. Click Continue to the Form

3. Fill in the Requested Information:

  1. Payer Information
  2. Case  Information
  3. Fee Description
  4. Fee Amount
  5. Click Continue

4. Select Payment Method. Click Next.

5. Enter Payment Information. 

  • Print or Email Receipt.

 

Electronic Filers
  • Electronic Filers / Attorneys will pay and track filing fees via the Internet using a credit card.
  • This service is provided to the Court by the U.S. Treasury to allow filers to pay filing fees interactively as part of the electronic filing process.

NOTE: Attorneys may pay filing fees via a firm check. Checks should be made payable to the Clerk, U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Payment of Filing Fees in CM/ECF

1. 

 

Electronically file the document that requires a filing fee, such as a bankruptcy petition.

When prompted to enter the Receipt Number, leave the receipt field blank and select NEXT to continue filing. 

 

Alternative Payments

  • If the fee is Deferred or Exempt, you must type "deferred" or "exempt" in the receipt field. 
  • If filing an Application to Pay in Installments or a Motion to Waive Filing Fees, type the word "install" or "waive" in the receipt field.

Note: If you are using a petition software to auto file a new case, consult your software vendor.

2. 

 

 

 

 

 

View Outstanding Fees

  • After the Notice of Electronic Filing screen is displayed, the Electronic Payment Screen appears listing all outstanding fees incurred (for this case and any other cases with unpaid fees).

***Reminder:  Do not use the Back button

  • Select either Pay Now or Continue Filing.

Note: Remember you must pay all fees the same day the transactions are made. 

a.

 

 

 

 

Continue Filing

If you select Continue Filing, the charge is recorded and the payment process is deferred.

  • The next time you submit a filing of any kind to any case, the Summary of Current Charges will be displayed, showing all deferred charges along with the new fee, if any.

    Note: This feature is helpful when you are filing documents for several cases.  When filing the last document, you can make one payment for all outstanding filing fees.

b.

 

 

 

Pay Now

If you select Pay Now, you are asked for your credit card information to pay the total of all outstanding fees.

  • Enter the credit card type, the credit card number, and the expiration date; then select Continue.

  • On the Payment Summary screen, click the Authorization checkbox; then select Make Payment.

3.

 

 If the payment is authorized, CM/ECF generates a receipt for the filing fee.

Note: You can keep a copy of the receipt and use to balance your credit card statement each month, or you can run the Internet Payment History Report.
 

To "settle" your account at any time, run the Internet Payments Due Report.