Use postbox address for bk filing?

[bkbkbk]

I am living with a family member now temporarily and will probably file bk in a couple of months. I don't want to get flooded with junk mail due to the bk. Is it ok to file with a postbox address or some kind of temporary address like that?

[bkbkbk]

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Edit: meant to start a new post.

[magyar123]

Depends on what kind of mail you usually get. Once you file you have to list your actual residential/mailing address on the petition so the court/anyone else involved with your filing knows where you are residing.

[ameliabedilia]

We moved right in the middle of filing and did not know what our mailing address would be, so we put our home address at the day of filing, even though we moved 3 days later, and then put my parent's address as our mailing address. This worked out fine and now we are changing our mailing address to a po box. I will let you know that the US trustee sat in on our 341 because of the two addresses, although it was mostly because it was out of state. Everything was absolutely fine though.

[FreshLikeADaisy]

I just filed Friday, and you can put both a physical address and a mailing address (like a PO Box) on the voluntary petition (Form 1) so that's what I did. I didn't want my folks to get firehosed with credit applications or, God forbid, my bk gets dismissed and suddenly creditors are calling and mailing them and Lord knows what. So I put a Tracphone # for the phone, and a PO Box for the mailing address. We'll see how it goes. I'm not even in PACER yet so I doubt I have any mail yet.

[HHM]

The petition does require you to list a residence and that is for jurisdictional purposes. But as FreshLike did, you can specify a different mailing address.