Fed. R. Bankr. P. 3015

(a) T IME TO FILE A CHAPTER 12 P LAN. The debtor must file a

Chapter 12 plan:

(1) with the petition; or

(2) within the time prescribed by § 1221.

(b) TIME TO FILE A CHAPTER 13 PLAN.

(1) In General. The debtor must file a Chapter 13 plan with

the petition or within 14 days after the petition is filed. The

time to file must not be extended except for cause and on notice as the court orders.

(2) Case Converted to Chapter 13. If a case is converted to

Chapter 13, the plan must be filed within 14 days after conversion. The time must not be extended except for cause and on

notice as the court orders.

(c) FORM OF A CHAPTER 13 PLAN.

(1) In General. In filing a Chapter 13 plan, the debtor must

use Form 113, unless the court has adopted a local form under

Rule 3015.1.

(2) Nonstandard Provision. With either form, a nonstandard

provision is effective only if it is included in the section of the

form that is designated for nonstandard provisions and is identified in accordance with any other requirements of the form.

A nonstandard provision is one that is not included in the

form or deviates from it.

(d) SERVING A COPY OF THE PLAN. If the plan was not included

with the notice of a confirmation hearing mailed under Rule 2002,

the debtor must serve the plan on the trustee and creditors when

it is filed.

(e) C OPY TO THE UNITED STATES TRUSTEE. The clerk must

promptly send to the United States trustee a copy of any plan

filed under (a) or (b) or any modification of it.

(f) OBJECTION TO CONFIRMATION; DETERMINING GOOD FAITH WHEN

NO OBJECTION IS FILED.

(1) Serving an Objection. An entity that objects to a plan’s

confirmation must file and serve the objection on the debtor,

trustee, and any other entity the court designates, and must

send a copy to the United States trustee. Unless the court orders otherwise, the objection must be filed, served, and sent at

least 7 days before the date set for the confirmation hearing.

The objection is governed by Rule 9014.

(2) When No Objection Is Filed. If no objection is timely filed,

the court may, without receiving evidence, determine that the

plan has been proposed in good faith and not by any means forbidden by law.

(g) EFFECT OF CONFIRMATION OF A CHAPTER 12 OR 13 PLAN ON THE

AMOUNT OF A SECURED CLAIM; TERMINATING THE STAY.

(1) Secured Claim. When a plan is confirmed, the amount of

a secured claim—determined in the plan under Rule 3012—becomes binding on the claim holder. That is the effect even if

the holder files a contrary proof of claim, the debtor schedules

that claim, or an objection to the claim is filed.

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1 Second period editorially added.

(2) Terminating the Stay. When a plan is confirmed, a request

in the plan to terminate the stay imposed under § 362(a),

§ 1201(a), or § 1301(a) is granted.

(h) MODIFYING A PLAN AFTER IT IS CONFIRMED.

(1) Request to Modify a Plan After It Is Confirmed. A request

to modify a confirmed plan under § 1229 or § 1329 must identify

the proponent and include the proposed modification. Unless

the court orders otherwise for creditors not affected by the

modification, the clerk or the court’s designee must:

(A) give the debtor, trustee, and creditors at least 21

days’ notice, by mail, of the time to file objections and the

date of any hearing;

(B) send a copy of the notice to the United States trustee; and

(C) include a copy or summary of the modification.

(2) Objecting to a Modification. Rule 9014 governs an objection

to a proposed modification. An objection must be filed and

served on:

• the debtor;

• the trustee; and

• any other entity the court designates.

A copy must also be sent to the United States trustee.

(As amended Apr. 30, 1991, eff. Aug. 1, 1991; Apr. 22, 1993, eff. Aug.

1, 1993; Mar. 26, 2009, eff. Dec. 1, 2009; Apr. 27, 2017, eff. Dec. 1, 2017;

Apr. 2, 2024, eff. Dec. 1, 2024.)

Rule 3015.1.1 Requirements for a Local Form for a Chapter 13 Plan

As an exception to Rule 9029(a)(1), a district may require that a

single local form be used for a Chapter 13 plan instead of Form 113

if it:

(a) is adopted for the district after public notice and an opportunity for comment;

(b) numbers and labels each paragraph in boldface type with a

heading that states its general subject matter;

(c) includes an opening paragraph for the debtor to indicate that

the plan does or does not:

(1) contain a nonstandard provision;

(2) limit the amount of a secured claim based on a valuation

of the collateral; or

(3) avoid a security interest or lien;

(d) contains separate paragraphs relating to:

(1) curing any default and maintaining payments on a claim

secured by the debtor’s principal residence;

(2) paying a domestic support obligation;

(3) paying a claim described in the final paragraph of

§ 1325(a); and

(4) surrendering property that secures a claim and requesting that the stay under § 362(a) or 1301(a) related to the property be terminated; and

(e) contains a final paragraph providing a place for:

(1) nonstandard provisions as defined in Rule 3015(c), with a

warning that any nonstandard provision placed elsewhere is

void; and

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(2) a certification by the debtor’s attorney, or by an unrepresented debtor, that the plan does not contain any nonstandard provision except as set out in the final paragraph.

(Added Apr. 27, 2017, eff. Dec. 1, 2017; amended Apr. 2, 2024, eff. Dec.

1, 2024.)