(a) INGENERAL.
(1) Time to File. Except as (b) and (c) provide otherwise, a no-
tice of appeal must be filed with the bankruptcy clerk within
14 days after the judgment, order, or decree to be appealed is
entered.
(2) Filing Before the Entry of Judgment. A notice of appeal
filed after the bankruptcy court announces a decision or
order—but before entry of the judgment, order, or decree—is
treated as filed on the date of and after the entry.
(3) Multiple Appeals. If one party timely files a notice of ap-
peal, any other party may file a notice of appeal within 14
days after the date when the first notice was filed, or within
the time otherwise allowed by this rule—whichever is later.
(4) Mistaken Filing in Another Court. If a notice of appeal is
mistakenly filed in a district court, BAP, or court of appeals,
that court’s clerk must note on it the date when it was re-
ceived and send it to the bankruptcy clerk. The notice is then
considered filed in the bankruptcy court on the date noted.
(5) Entry Defined.
(A) In General. A judgment, order, or decree is entered
for purposes of this subdivision (a):
(i) when it is entered in the docket under Rule
5003(a); or
(ii) if Rule 7058 applies and Fed. R. Civ. P.
58(a) re-
quires a separate document, when the judgment, order,
or decree is entered in the docket under Rule 5003(a)
and when the earlier of these events occurs:
• the judgment, order, or decree is set out in a separate docu-
ment; or
• 150 days have run from entry of the judgment, order, or de-
cree in the docket under Rule 5003(a).
(B) Failure to Use a Separate Document. A failure to set
out a judgment, order, or decree in a separate document
when required by Fed. R. Civ. P.
58(a) does not affect the
validity of an appeal from that judgment, order, or decree.
(b) EFFECTOFAMOTIONONTHETIMETOAPPEAL.
(1) In General. If a party files in the bankruptcy court any of
the following motions—and does so within the time allowed by
these rules—the time to file an appeal runs for all parties from
the entry of the order disposing of the last such remaining mo-
tion:
(A) to amend or make additional findings under Rule
7052, whether or not granting the motion would alter the
judgment;
(B) to alter or amend the judgment under Rule 9023;
(C) for a new trial under Rule 9023; or
(D) for relief under Rule 9024 if the motion is filed within
14 days after the judgment is entered.
(2) Notice of Appeal Filed Before a Motion Is Decided. If a party
files a notice of appeal after the court announces or enters a
judgment, order, or decree—but before it disposes of any mo-
tion listed in (1)—the notice becomes effective when the order
disposing of the last such remaining motion is entered.
(3) Appealing a Ruling on a Motion. A party intending to chal-
lenge an order disposing of a motion listed in (1)—or an alter-
ation or amendment of a judgment, order, or decree made by
a decision on the motion—must file a notice of appeal or an
amended notice of appeal. It must:
(A) comply with Rule 8003 or 8004; and
(B) be filed within the time allowed by this rule, meas-
ured from the entry of the order disposing of the last such
remaining motion.
(4) No Additional Fee for an Amended Notice. No additional fee
is required to file an amended notice of appeal.
(c) APPEALBYANINMATECONFINEDINANINSTITUTION.
(1) In General. If an institution has a system designed for
legal mail, an inmate confined there must use that system to
receive the benefit of this paragraph (1). If an inmate files a
notice of appeal from a bankruptcy court’s judgment, order, or
decree, the notice is timely if it is deposited in the institu-
tion’s internal mail system on or before the last day for filing
and:
(A) it is accompanied by:
(i) a declaration in compliance with 28 U.S.C. §
1746—
or a notarized statement—setting out the date of de-
posit and stating that first-class postage is being pre-
paid; or
(ii) evidence (such as a postmark or date stamp)
showing that the notice was so deposited and that
postage was prepaid; or
(B) the appellate court exercises its discretion to permit
the later filing of a declaration or notarized statement
that satisfies (A)(i).
(2) Multiple Appeals. If an inmate files under this subdivision
(c) the first notice of appeal, the 14-day period provided in
(a)(3) for another party to file a notice of appeal runs from the
date when the bankruptcy clerk dockets the first notice.
(d) EXTENDINGTHETIMETOFILEANOTICEOFAPPEAL.
(1) When the Time May Be Extended. Except as (2) provides
otherwise, the bankruptcy court may, on motion, extend the
time to file a notice of appeal if the motion is filed:
(A) within the time allowed by this rule; or
(B) within 21 days after that time expires if the party
shows excusable neglect.
(2) When the Time Must Not Be Extended. The bankruptcy
court must not extend the time to file the notice if the judg-
ment, order, or decree being appealed:
(A) grants relief from an automatic stay under §362, 922,
1201, or 1301;
(B) authorizes the sale or lease of property or the use of
cash collateral under §363;
(C) authorizes obtaining credit under §364;
(D) authorizes assuming or assigning an executory con-
tract or unexpired lease under §365;
(E) approves a disclosure statement under §1125; or
(F) confirms a plan under §943, 1129, 1225, or 1325.
(3) LIMIT ON EXTENDING TIME. An extension of time must not
exceed 21 days after the time allowed by this rule, or 14 days
after the order granting the motion to extend time is en-
tered—whichever is later.
(Added Apr. 25, 2014, eff. Dec. 1, 2014; amended Apr. 26, 2018, eff.
Dec. 1, 2018; Apr. 2, 2024, eff. Dec. 1, 2024.)