PDF requirements for e-filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana

What the court requires

Documents may not exceed 35 MB. Every filing should fit on an 8.5 x 11 inch page if printed, single-sided, so it doesn't disrupt notices sent by the Bankruptcy Noticing Center. All pleadings and other filings must be PDFs, and the filer is responsible for checking that they are legible.

Common reasons filings are rejected

• A document is over 35 MB.
• Pages are legal size or larger and don't fit on letter paper for noticing.
• The PDF is password-protected or has security restrictions, so the court's system can't open it.

Questions about the Bankr. S.D. Indiana's PDF rules

What is the maximum PDF file size for the Bankr. S.D. Indiana?

35 MB per PDF.

What should I do if my PDF is too large for the Bankr. S.D. Indiana?

Split it into consecutive parts that are each under 35 MB, never cutting a page in half, and file the first part as the main document and the rest as attachments named in order (for example "Exhibit A, Part 2 of 3"). For scanned documents, re-scanning in black and white at 300 dpi often shrinks the file enough to avoid splitting. Docket Prime can split the file for you in your browser.

Does the Bankr. S.D. Indiana require text-searchable PDFs?

The published rules we found don't require it. Documents saved directly from a word processor are searchable and much smaller than scans; for paper documents, OCR adds searchable text.

What page size does the Bankr. S.D. Indiana accept?

Letter size (8.5 × 11 inches) is expected. Legal-size or A4 pages may print badly or be refused, so resize them to letter.