What are the fees to file Iowa Bankruptcy?
Attorney Fee $900
+ Filing Fee $299
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Total = $1,199 |
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We charge a fixed fee of $900 and your filing fee is $299 for a total of $1,199. If you are filing a joint petition (married or common law), you still pay a total of $1,199 since we only have to draft one petition. Both of you will need to attend the office appointment.
We do not accept payments because we do not want to become one of your creditors. And since attorney fees are discharged just like most other debt, any fees you owe us at the time of filing would be discharged. So, nothing personal, but we have kids to feed too and cannot work for free. Also, attorneys who accept payments spend a lot of time calling clients asking for money. This is time they cannot spend working on cases. We would rather spend all our time guiding your case to a successful discharge and none of our time calling and harassing our own clients for money.
We do not accept checks because when we tried that, we got a lot of bad checks. Once we start a case we don't want to close it without a successful discharge. That can be a challenge if the original check to us was bad. So, please don't take it personally but we do need cash or a money order for payment. Of course, when you come into the office if you decide not to go forward you do not owe us anything.
Many of our clients do borrow the money to file from family or a friend. That is fine as long as you pay it back. Some clients will stop making credit card payments and save that money until they have the $1,199.
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