Rule 2003. Meeting of Creditors or Equity
Security Holders
(a) DATE AND PLACE. Except
as provided in § 341(e) of the Code, in a chapter 7 liquidation
or a chapter 11 reorganization case, the United States trustee
shall call a meeting of creditors to be held no fewer than 20
and no more than 40 days after the order for relief. In a chapter
12 family farmer debt adjustment case, the United States trustee
shall call a meeting of creditors to be held no fewer than 20
and no more than 35 days after the order for relief. In a chapter
13 individual’s debt adjustment case, the United States
trustee shall call a meeting of creditors to be held no fewer
than 20 and no more than 50 days after the order for relief.
If there is an appeal from or a motion to vacate the order for
relief, or if there is a motion to dismiss the case, the United
States trustee may set a later date for the meeting. The meeting
may be held at a regular place for holding court or at any other
place designated by the United States trustee within the district
convenient for the parties in interest. If the United States
trustee designates a place for the meeting which is not regularly
staffed by the United States trustee or an assistant who may
preside at the meeting, the meeting may be held not more than
60 days after the order for relief.
