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Cred­i­tor claims in bank­rupt­cy

Calculator for creditor claim deadline in bankruptcy proceedings

For a busi­ness owner or company in Lviv or the region, the date of a letter from the debtor is often not the start of the period. Enter the date the opening of in­sol­ven­cy pro­ceed­ings was of­fi­cial­ly an­nounced, and first dis­tin­guish an in­sol­ven­cy claim from a current, secured, or special claim.

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Check the 30-day bankruptcy creditor deadline

The formula applies only to a mon­e­tary in­sol­ven­cy claim that arose before the pro­ceed­ings opened, after the notice is checked on the of­fi­cial portal.

How the claim was preliminarily classified

Copy the date from the notice opening pro­ceed­ings on the of­fi­cial ju­di­cia­ry web portal. Time is dis­re­gard­ed; “today” is de­ter­mined in Europe/Kyiv.

Do not use the date of the ruling, a letter from the in­sol­ven­cy prac­ti­tion­er, or an un­of­fi­cial pub­li­ca­tion instead of the an­nounce­ment date.

Enabled by default. This checks an or­di­nary day off only, not hol­i­days, martial law, the court’s sched­ule, or the avail­abil­i­ty of elec­tron­ic filing.

Preliminary filing calendar

Stop checkThis claim cannot be calculated using the narrow formula

Special rules apply to child support, injury to life or health, roy­al­ties, and mixed or dis­put­ed claims. The cal­cu­la­tor stops to avoid giving an in­cor­rect dead­line.

Check the claim category

How the 30 days after pronouncement are counted

Under part one of Article 45 of the Code of Ukraine on Bank­rupt­cy Pro­ce­dures, com­pet­ing cred­i­tors must file written claims with sup­port­ing doc­u­ments within 30 days of of­fi­cial pub­li­ca­tion of the notice opening the pro­ceed­ings.

The special rule in­cludes the pub­li­ca­tion day in the count. For example, for pub­li­ca­tion on October 28, 2025, cal­en­dar day 30 is No­vem­ber 26, 2025.

Ap­pli­ca­tions filed after the dead­line are also con­sid­ered, but such a cred­i­tor has no right to a casting vote, and actions and court de­ci­sions made in the case before their par­tic­i­pa­tion are binding on them.

Calculation methodology

Pre­lim­i­nary cal­cu­la­tion method­ol­o­gy

  1. The user filters out current, fully secured, special, and un­de­fined claims.

  2. Check the date against the of­fi­cial notice that pro­ceed­ings were opened.

  3. The pub­li­ca­tion date is counted as day 1, then 29 cal­en­dar days are added.

  4. With this as­sump­tion enabled, Sat­ur­day or Sunday is moved to Monday.

  5. The re­sult­ing date is com­pared with the current date in Europe/Kyiv without adding an au­to­mat­ic renewal period.

Example

Example for a manufacturer from Lviv Oblast

A man­u­fac­tur­er from Dro­hobych dis­trict sup­plied goods before the case was opened, but the buyer did not pay the in­voic­es. The of­fi­cial notice of the buyer’s bank­rupt­cy was pub­lished on 28 October 2025.

  • An un­se­cured mon­e­tary claim that arose before the pro­ceed­ings were opened
  • Of­fi­cial pub­li­ca­tion date: 28.10.2025
  • The notice and case number were checked on the ju­di­cia­ry portal

October 28 is day 1, so cal­en­dar day 30 is No­vem­ber 26, 2025. Since this is a Wednes­day, the Monday ex­ten­sion does not apply.

Before filing, sep­a­rate the secured portion, check ac­cep­tance cer­tifi­cates, in­voic­es, court fee, and elec­tron­ic service of copies on the parties.

What the creditor should prepare

  • Of­fi­cial notice opening pro­ceed­ings, with the case number and debtor details.
  • Con­tracts, de­liv­ery notes, acts, in­voic­es, payment doc­u­ments, and cor­re­spon­dence about the debt.
  • Sep­a­rate cal­cu­la­tion of prin­ci­pal debt, in­ter­est, penal­ties and other com­po­nents.
  • Doc­u­ments about a pledge or mort­gage and val­u­a­tion of the secured portion, if any.
  • Proof of court-fee payment or a doc­u­ment es­tab­lish­ing a statu­to­ry ex­emp­tion; an out­dat­ed amount is not sub­sti­tut­ed.
  • The ap­pli­ca­tion with at­tach­ments, proof that copies were sent, and con­fir­ma­tion it was filed with the com­mer­cial court on time.

Frequently asked questions

Does the publication date of the notice count toward the 30 days?

Yes. For this special period, the count starts on the date of of­fi­cial pub­li­ca­tion: that date is day 1, and day 30 is reached by adding 29 days.

Can the date of the order opening proceedings be used?

No, if it differs from the of­fi­cial pub­li­ca­tion date. Check the an­nounce­ment using the case number, name, and debtor code.

Is the claim extinguished if the 30 days are missed?

No, the claim does not au­to­mat­i­cal­ly end just because it was late. However, the cred­i­tor has no de­ci­sive vote, prior case acts are binding on them, and review and sat­is­fac­tion of the claim have the con­se­quences es­tab­lished by law.

Can the 30-day period be reinstated?

The Bank­rupt­cy Pro­ce­dures Code does not provide for au­to­mat­ic renewal of this period as an or­di­nary pro­ce­dur­al dead­line. File the ap­pli­ca­tion as soon as pos­si­ble and sep­a­rate­ly assess the con­se­quences of being late.

Is the deadline extended if day 30 falls on a Sunday?

General pro­ce­dur­al rules may move the end date to the first working day. The cal­cu­la­tor models only Sat­ur­day and Sunday; check martial-law holiday rules and the court’s actual sched­ule sep­a­rate­ly.

Does the calculator calculate the court fee?

No. The fee depends on the rule in force on the filing date and the status of the ap­pli­ca­tion. The tool de­lib­er­ate­ly does not insert an un­ver­i­fied amount.

Resources for your situation

Calculations and checks

Guidance and instructions

How to file a creditor claim in insolvency proceedingsLearn how creditors can find an insolvency notice, count 30 days, prove a debt, prepare an application, and file documents with the court.Debt recovery claim: evidence, limitation period and court feeLearn how to prepare a debt recovery claim, review the evidence and limitation period, calculate the amount claimed, and pay the court fee.How to check enforcement proceedingsFind enforcement proceedings and understand what is being enforced: the officer, creditor, opening order, enforcement document and next steps.

Official sources

Prepared
The method­ol­o­gy was pre­pared by the website ed­i­to­r­i­al team under the Code of Ukraine on Bank­rupt­cy Pro­ce­dures and the Com­mer­cial Pro­ce­dure Code of Ukraine.
Important
The tool pro­vides a pre­lim­i­nary result and does not replace check­ing the notice, nature of the claim, case ma­te­ri­als, and filing method.

Current as of . The cal­cu­la­tion is pre­lim­i­nary and depends on the doc­u­ments and cir­cum­stances.

Free initial con­sul­ta­tion

Need to file claims in bankruptcy proceedings?

Send the doc­u­ments so we can check the clas­si­fi­ca­tion, cal­cu­la­tion, and ap­pli­ca­tion in a case where the cred­i­tor or debtor is con­nect­ed with Lviv or Lviv Oblast.

  • the cal­cu­la­tor result can serve as a ref­er­ence for a con­ver­sa­tion
  • doc­u­ments, dead­lines, or con­tract terms may change the con­clu­sion
  • briefly de­scribe the cir­cum­stances in the form if needed

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