Source: http://www.doney.net/bra/110.htm
Timestamp: 2017-12-17 00:19:03
Document Index: 201071211

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 110', '§110', '§110', '§110', '§110', '§110', '§110', '§110', '§110', '§110', '§110', '§110', '§110', '§110', '§110']

Changes in § 110. Penalty for persons who negligently or fraudulently prepare bankruptcy petitions
An employee of an attorney is excluded from the definition for "bankruptcy petition preparer" only if the employee is under the direct supervision of the attorney for the debtor. §110(a)(1)
Requires an officer, principal, responsible person, or partner of the preparer to sign the document if the preparer is not an individual, and to print the name and address of that party on the document. §110(b)(1)
Before preparing forms or accepting fees, the preparer must give written notice on an official form, signed by the to debtors and the preparer. The notice is to inform the debtor that the preparer is not an attorney and may not give legal advice. The notice, prepared by the Judicial Conference of the United States may contain a description of examples of legal advice that a bankruptcy petition preparer is not authorized to give. §110(b)(2)
Identifying numbers, instead of a Social Security Number, for a bankruptcy petition preparer who is not an individual are specified. §110(c)
Bankruptcy petition preparers are prohibited from giving legal advice and the kinds of advice which a preparer cannot give is itemized. §110(e)(2)
The court may set the maximum fees that a bankruptcy petition preparer may charge. The preparer may forfeit fees for violations of §110. §110(h)
The debtor, trustee, United States trustee, or bankruptcy administrator, may move for the court to order the preparer to pay the debtor damages for any violation of §110 or for any act that the court finds to be fraudulent, unfair, or deceptive. Dismissal because of the failure to file bankruptcy papers is removed as a specific basis for sanctions. Although creditors are removed as a party that may move for damages, language remains in subsection (2) requiring the award of $1,000 to creditors who file the action. §110(i)
The bases for injunctive relief are expanded by adding §110(i)(3), and deleting the requirement that violations subject a person to criminal penalty in §110(j)(2)(I).
Fines of $500 for each violation of §110 may be tripled if the preparer has advised the debtor to omit assets or income, or use a false Social Security number, or has failed to inform the debtor that the debtor was filing for bankruptcy or has failed to the preparer's identity. Fines in a district that has a U.S. Trustee are to be paid into a fund to enforce §110. §110(l)
(1) "bankruptcy petition preparer" means a person, other than the attorney for the debtor or an employee of such attorney under the direct supervision of such attorney, who prepares for compensation a document for filing; and
(1) A bankruptcy petition preparer who prepares a document for filing shall sign the document and print on the document the preparer's name and address. If a bankruptcy petition preparer is not an individual, then an officer, principal, responsible person, or partner of the preparer shall be required to--
(B) print on the document the name and address of that officer, principal, responsible person or partner.
(A) Before preparing any document for filing or accepting any fees from a debtor, the bankruptcy petition preparer shall provide to the debtor a written notice to debtors concerning bankruptcy petition preparers, which shall be on an official form issued by the Judicial Conference of the United States.
(I) be signed by--
(aa) the debtor; and
(bb) the bankruptcy petition preparer, under penalty of perjury; and
(B) If a bankruptcy petition preparer is not an individual, the identifying number of the bankruptcy petition preparer shall be the Social Security account number of the officer, principal, responsible person, or partner of the preparer.
(2) A bankruptcy petition preparer shall file a declaration under penalty of perjury by the bankruptcy petition preparer shall be filed together with the petition, disclosing any fee received from or on behalf of the debtor within 12 months immediately prior to the filing of the case, and any unpaid fee charged to the debtor. If rules or guidelines setting a maximum fee for services have been promulgated or prescribed under paragraph (1), the declaration under this paragraph shall include a certification that the bankruptcy petition preparer complied with the notification requirement under paragraph (1).
(i) rendered by the preparer during the 12-month period immediately preceding the date of filing of the petition; or
(4) The debtor, the trustee, a creditor, the United States trustee, the bankruptcy administrator, or the court, on the initiative of the court, may file a motion for an order under paragraph (2).
(1) If a bankruptcy petition preparer violates this section or commits any act that the court finds to be fraudulent, unfair, or deceptive, on motion of the debtor, trustee, United States trustee, or bankruptcy administrator, and after the court holds a hearing with respect to that violation or act, the court shall order the bankruptcy petition preparer to pay to the debtor--
(A) In an action under paragraph (1), if the court finds that--
(i) a bankruptcy petition preparer has--
(3) The court, as part of its contempt power, may enjoin a bankruptcy petition preparer that has failed to comply with a previous order issued under this section. The injunction under this paragraph may be issued upon motion of the court, the trustee, the United States trustee, or the bankruptcy administrator.
(4) The court shall award to a debtor, trustee, or creditor that brings a successful action under this subsection reasonable attorneys fees and costs of the action, to be paid by the bankruptcy petition preparer.
(D) prepared a document for filing in a manner that failed to disclose the identity of the preparer.
(3) The debtor, the trustee, a creditor, the United States trustee, or the bankruptcy administrator may file a motion for an order imposing a fine on the bankruptcy petition preparer for each violation of this section.
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