Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
Rule 1005 — Caption of a Petition; Title of the Case
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1005
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1005 (Caption of a Petition; Title of the Case) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.
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Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1005.
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(a)CAPTION AND TITLE; REQUIRED INFORMATION. A petition’s cap-
tion must contain the name of the court, the title of the case, and
the case number (if known). The title must include the following
information about the debtor:
(1)name;
(2)employer-identification number;
(3)the last 4 digits of the social-security number or individ-
ual taxpayer-identification number;
(4)any other federal taxpayer-identification number; and
(5)all other names the debtor has used within 8 years before
the petition was filed.
(b)PETITION NOT FILED BY THE DEBTOR. A petition not filed by
the debtor must include all names that the petitioner knows have
been used by the debtor.
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(As amended Mar. 30, 1987, eff. Aug. 1, 1987; Mar. 27, 2003, eff. Dec. 1, 2003; Apr. 23, 2008, eff. Dec. 1, 2008; Apr. 2, 2024, eff. Dec. 1, 2024.)