Chapter 7 · petition filed Sep 14, 2026

Lake Area Transport Services, LLC

Case No. 2:26-bk-54418 · Southern District of Ohio

A voluntary petition under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code was filed on Sep 14, 2026 by Lake Area Transport Services, LLC in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Debtor
Lake Area Transport Services, LLC
Case number
2:26-bk-54418
Chapter
Chapter 7 liquidation
Court
Southern District of Ohio
State
Ohio
Petition date
Sep 14, 2026
Petition type
Voluntary

Lake Area Transport Services, LLC — Chapter 7 liquidation petition filed Sep 14, 2026.

Background on Chapter 7: In a Chapter 7 case a panel trustee replaces management, collects and sells the assets, and pays creditors in the order the Bankruptcy Code prescribes. Operations normally cease at filing.

This page reflects the petition filed on Sep 14, 2026. Later docket events (dismissal, conversion, plan confirmation, final decree, closing) are added when they appear in the court's public RSS feed, which not every court publishes in full, so the absence of such an event here does not mean the case is still open. Check the official record: court docket (PACER) and CourtListener.

Road map

What usually happens next

The filing date is from the docket; later milestones are the typical sequence for this chapter, not tracked events.

Sep 14, 2026
Petition filed
Automatic stay takes effect; a panel trustee is appointed from the U.S. Trustee's roster.
~ 20–40 days
341 meeting of creditors
The trustee examines the debtor's representative under oath.
typical
Asset sales & claims
Trustee liquidates property; creditors are told whether to file proofs of claim.
typical
Final report & closing
Distribution under the Code's priority scheme, then the case closes.
Court & records

Where the case was filed

Bankruptcy court
Southern District of Ohio
Ohio · court id OHSB
Venue

Court location (state level)

Pin placed at the state level (Ohio), not at the debtor's address. Map © OpenStreetMap.

Docket note

About this filing

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio opened case 2:26-bk-54418 for Lake Area Transport Services, LLC on Sep 14, 2026 under Chapter 7. We log the petition date, chapter and court from the public feed, and add later docket events when the court's feed publishes them.

Summary of a public court record, provided as is. Not legal advice and not an official court document.

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