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About Illinois Central Bankruptcy Court

Illinois Central Bankruptcy Court is based in Springfield, with locations in Peoria and Urbana. The court has jurisdiction for the following forty-six (46) counties in the state of Illinois:

Adams, Brown, Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, De Witt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Fulton, Greene, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Kankakee, Knox, Livingston, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Marshall, Mason, McDonough, McLean, Menard, Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Peoria, Piatt, Pike, Putnam, Rock Island, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Stark, Tazewell, Vermilion, Warren, and Woodford

Illinois Central Bankruptcy Court is part of the Seventh Circuit which encompasses the federal courts in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

Court Locations

CM/ECF Information

Illinois Central Bankruptcy Court's CM/ECF version is NextGen CM/ECF Release 1.8 (Revision 1.8.1). The maximum file size for a PDF upload is ten (10) megabytes. CM/ECF for Illinois Central Bankruptcy Court is available at:

https://ecf.ilcb.uscourts.gov/

Electronic Self-Representation (eSR) is an online tool to help individuals complete a chapter 7 or chapter 13 bankruptcy petition when they have decided to file bankruptcy without an attorney. eSR is available at:

https://ecf.ilcb.uscourts.gov//n/esr/pages/registration.jsf

Electronic Proof of Claim (ePOC) is an online tool to help creditors easily create, file, or amend a Proof of Claim (Official Form 410) without a login or password. ePOC is available at:

https://ecf.ilcb.uscourts.gov//cgi-bin/autoFilingClaims.pl

The CM/ECF Helpdesk phone numbers for Illinois Central Bankruptcy Court are: