A. Place of Keeping Records

The records and files of the Court shall be kept at Chicago and Rockford, Illinois, and maintained by the clerk of the Court. From time to time the clerk of the Court shall, pursuant to an order of the chief judge, transfer records in closed cases to the Federal Records Center. In the Western Division, the judge senior in length of service among the bankruptcy judges permanently assigned to that Division may issue such order in the absence of an order of the chief judge.

B. Copies of Records

The clerk of the Court or any persons or entity designated by order of court, on request and upon prepayment of costs, shall make copies of any document in the clerkís custody unless prohibited by law, court order, or a local Bankruptcy Rule.

Committee Note: Source is local General Rule 1.12. The reference to the Western Division judge is to enable the judge assigned to that Division to continue management of the physical space available to the Court in Rockford.