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  General Orders Currently in Effect:

• 05/29/2025:  GO:25-1: Prohibition of Covert Recording Devices
• 10/25/2023:  Amended GO:23-4: Amending Local Rules and MMM Procedures
• 08/10/2023:  GO:23-3:  Procedure for the Redaction of Personal Identifiers
• 06/07/2023:  GO:23-2:  Mortgage Modification Mediation Program For Individual Bankruptcy Cases Pending Under Chapters 7, 11, 12 and 13 In the District of Arizona
   
• 02/21/2023:  GO: 23-1  Patricia Gerrich of the Volunteer Lawyers Program
• 12/01/2022:  GO: 22-2  Adoption of Amendments to Local Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and Mandatory Forms Effective December 1, 2022
• 03/10/2022:  Second Amended GO: 20-4 Restrictions on Visitors to the Courthouse
• 04/21/2020:  GO 20-6:  Adoption of Amended Interim Bankruptcy Rule 1020
• 03/30/2020:  GO 20-5:  Debtor(s)' Signatures on Electronic Filings
• 03/18/2020:  GO 20-4:  Restrictions on Visitors to the Courthouse
• 02/19/2020:  GO 20-1:  Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA)
• 04/15/2019:  GO 19-3:  Requirement to Pay Filing Fees in Full if Filing Fees Were Unpaid in a Previous Case, Effective Immediately
• 08/01/2018:  GO 18-1:  Adoption of Amendments to Local Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and Mandatory Forms
• 12/01/2017:  GO 17-1: Adoption of Amendments to Local Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure Effective December 1, 2017.
• 12/05/2016:  GO 16-2: Mortgage Modification Mediation Program for Chapter 13 Cases.

• 12/22/1994:  GO 62: Conduct in Courtrooms & Environs of the Phoenix Bankruptcy Court

• 12/18/1991:  GO 55: Procedures for Processing Deficient Bankruptcy Petitions                

Archived General Orders:

• 03/25/2022:  GO:22-1  Rescission of General Order 21-1
• 09/14/2021:  GO: 21-1  Extension of General Order 21-1
• 08/04/2021:  GO: 21-2 Local Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure Advisory Committee
• 05/25/2021:  GO:21-1 Court Operations under the Exigent Circumstances Created by Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Replaces General Order 20-3 Upon Expiration of the Seventh Extension on June 30, 2021
• 02/09/2021:  Seventh Extension of GO 20-3:  Court Operations under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 and Related Coronavirus
• 11/10/2020:  Sixth Extension of GO 20-3:  Court Operations under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 and Related Coronavirus
• 09/01/2020:  Fifth Extension of GO 20-3:  Court Operations under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 and Related Coronavirus
• 06/23/2020:  Fourth Extension of GO 20-3:  Court Operations under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 and Related Coronavirus
• 06/02/2020:  (Amended) GO 20-4:  Restrictions on Visitors to the Courthouse   
• 05/27/2020:  Third Extension of GO 20-3:  Court Operations under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 and Related Coronavirus
• 04/28/2020:  Second Extension of GO 20-3:  Court Operations under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 and Related Coronavirus
• 04/01/2020:  Extension of GO 20-3:  Court Operations under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 and Related Coronavirus
• 03/18/2020:  GO 20-3:  Court Operations under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 and Related Coronavirus
• 02/19/2020:  GO 20-2:  Adoption of Local Rule and Form in Chapter 11 Subchapter V Cases
• 02/28/2019:  GO 19-2:  Rescission of General Order 19-1
• 01/09/2019:  GO 19-1:   Designation of Bankruptcy Court Employees as Essential During Lapse in Funding
• 12/01/2017:  GO 17-2: Attorney Compensation in Chapter Thirteen Flat-Fee Cases.
• 1/30/2016: GO 16-1: Deposit and Investment of Registry Funds
• 10/09/2013: GO 13-1: Designation of Bankruptcy Court employees as essential during lapse in funding

• 05/16/2012: GO 107: Amendment to Local Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 5095-1, Deposit of Funds In The Registry Account

•  04/26/2012: GO 106: Guidelines For Payment of Attorneys Fees in Chapter 13 Cases

• 01/28/2011: GO 105: Amendment to Local Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 1006-1(d)(2) Regarding the use of credit cards by attorneys or law firms to pay for filing fees

• 01/01/2010: GO 104: Adoption of Amendments to Local Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 2084-4 and Requiring Use of Model Chapter 13 Plan

• 12/01/2009: GO 103: Adoption of Amendments to Local Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure

• 11/13/2008: GO 102: Adoption of New Rules and Amendments to Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure

• 09/02/2008: GO 101: Amendment to Rule 5005-2(p), Documents Filed on Paper, of Local Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure

• 07/30/2008: Standing Order: Conduit Mortgage Payments

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• 03/01/2007: GO 99: Adoption of Local Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure