US federal bankruptcy courts
What is the deadline for us bankruptcy record designation?
A bankruptcy appellant normally must file and serve the designation of record and statement of issues within 14 days after the appeal becomes effective, or after entry of an order granting leave to appeal.
Calculate my deadline- Period
- 14 calendar days
- Trigger
- Effective date of an appeal as of right or entry of a leave order
- Rule
- Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8009(a)(1)(B)
Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure checked 07/08/2026
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Enter the date of effective date of an appeal as of right or entry of a leave order. See the date, cited rule and counting steps.
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Which date starts the 14-day period?
The period runs from the effective date of an appeal as of right or entry of a leave order. The default calculation uses the notice of appeal becoming effective under Rule 8002, or entry of an order granting leave to appeal; other branches use their own trigger.
Count forward from the verified appeal trigger. Confirm the event on the docket or in the service record before entering a date.
Read Rule 8009file and serve the designation and statement on the appellee within 14 days after the notice of appeal as of right has become effective under Rule 8002 or an order granting leave to appeal has been entered
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8009(a)(1)(B)
This period runs from the specific event in the cited rule. Do not substitute a nearby date such as a hearing, a courtesy copy or the day you first learned of it.
Which date do I enter?How are the 14 calendar days counted?
- Exclude the day of the trigger event.
- Count every following day, including weekends and legal holidays.
- If the final day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, continue to the next open day.
National federal-rule time computation in the current US calculator
Do not derive an effective appeal date from a notice where a tolling motion or an unusual appeal route applies.
Rule 9006(a) also addresses state holidays, office inaccessibility and filing cutoffs. The national calculation does not confirm those local facts.
Read Rule 9006(a)The calculation gives the ordinary national-rule date. Check relevant holidays, the court’s accessibility and its filing cutoff separately.
Review the filing checklistWhat does a worked calculation look like?
Fictitious example
Assume the effective date of an appeal as of right or entry of a leave order on Monday, August 3, 2026 (the notice of appeal became effective on Monday 3 August 2026), with no order, motion, extension or local closure affecting the result. The calculator excludes the effective date and applies the 14-day Rule 8009 period. A notice affected by a Rule 8002 motion may become effective later.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Trigger | Do not count this day | August 3, 2026 |
| Day 1 | Start counting calendar days | August 4, 2026 |
| Day 14 | Ordinary deadline in this example | August 17, 2026 |
Can an order, motion or extension change the deadline?
- Orders and local rules
- A scheduling order, stipulation approved by the court, standing order or local rule can set a different period and controls over the national default.
- The transcript order or certificate is part of the same rule path and must also be checked.
- District-court, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel and local orders can set a different timetable.
What should I check before filing?
These checks help you review the result. They do not activate a calendar date or certify that the deadline applies.
Common questions
Find answers about when this 14-day period starts, how it is counted, what can change it and how to keep your calculation.
Starting the clock
Does the clock start on the effective date of an appeal as of right or entry of a leave order, or when I first learned of it?
The period runs from the effective date of an appeal as of right or entry of a leave order as the rule defines it, not from the day you read about it, received a courtesy copy or attended a hearing. Use the date shown on the docket or in the service record.
Read Rule 8009Do I add three days because the document arrived by mail?
Not to this period. Rule 9006(f) concerns periods measured after service. This period runs from the effective date of an appeal as of right or entry of a leave order, so no mailing days are added.
Rule 9006(f)Counting days and filing
Is it 14 calendar days or business days?
Calendar days. Count intermediate weekends and holidays. If the final day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, Rule 9006(a) carries it forward to the next day that is not one of those.
Rule 9006(a)Which time zone and filing cutoff apply?
Unless a statute, local rule or case order sets a different time, electronic filing ends at midnight in the court’s time zone. Other filing ends when the clerk’s office is scheduled to close. This national-rule calculator does not verify those local facts.
Rule 9006(a)What if the court is inaccessible on the last day?
Rule 9006(a)(3) provides a separate inaccessibility rule, unless the court orders otherwise. Check the court’s actual closure notices and applicable orders. A national holiday calculation does not establish an outage or local closure.
Rule 9006(a)Extensions and local rules
Do local rules, standing orders or a scheduling order change the date?
They can. Many courts set their own periods by local rule, standing order or case-specific order, and those control over the national default. This calculator gives the national-rule date only; compare it with any order in the case before relying on it.
Choosing the right calculator
Does this calculator decide whether the rule applies to my case?
No. It calculates a period from the date you provide under the cited rule. It does not decide whether the rule governs your filing, whether an exception applies, or whether the filing has merit. Those questions need separate review.
Can I calculate the deadline without an account?
Yes. Enter the trigger date to see the free national-rule calculation, citation, counting steps and warnings. You can add court context after the result. Missing court review keeps the result provisional.
Results, records and your case
What is included in an Evidence Record?
The retained inputs, result, cited rule, calculation working, warnings and review state. The PDF includes a payload digest and retained-data appendix, and the record can be verified against its fingerprint later. It records the calculation, not a guarantee of legal correctness.
Does saving to a case activate the calendar?
Not automatically. Provisional records remain subject to review. A separately labeled manual date does not alter the original calculation.
Official sources and review
The period and the counting method come from different provisions. The official source is the court’s published rules; the reading links open the rule text at the Legal Information Institute.
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8009(a)(1)(B) | Trigger and period |
| Rule 9006(a) | Counting, holidays and filing cutoff |
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