National Creditor Registration Service (NCRS)

The National Creditor Registration Service is a free service provided by the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts to give creditors options to specify a preferred U.S. mail, e-mail address, or fax number to which bankruptcy notices should be sent.  The National Creditor Registration Service web site is primarily for creditors wishing to submit a preferred address or EBN (Electronic Bankruptcy Notice) agreement for noticing.

Note: This website does not offer a mechanism for general inquiries as to whether a creditor has registered and, if so, what their preferred address is.

• If you are a creditor wishing to register, see additional information at the National Creditor Registration Service website.
  
• If instead you wish to determine if the creditor in question has a preferred address on a case which has already been filed, you may do so through the Court's Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) System at http://ecf.nvb.uscourts.gov. Instructions can be found below.

Access to this system requires a login name, password and the case number associated with the creditor. General creditor preferred address inquiries which are not specific to a case may not be checked.

1. Once logged in to CM/ECF, preferred addresses can be located by choosing the Utilities option from the blue menu bar.
   
2. Next, click on Mailings and subsequently click on Mailing Labels by Case.
   
3. Enter the case number and, with the "Select All Participants for Case" box checked, click Next. The mailing matrix will display.

If the creditor has a preferred address, it will be denoted with a plus symbol (+). In some instances, the creditor may also be listed with an additional address and two plus symbols (++) next to the name. This indicates the creditor, in addition to submitting a preferred address to the BNC, has submitted to the Bankruptcy Court an "Override of Preferred Address" whereby a local office of the creditor continues to receive notice.