Does the bankrupt filing get published in the county where the property is located or only where the bankruptcy is filed?

Assuming you're in a consumer bankruptcy, normally it's "not published", unless you have a local credit agency that publishes to subscribers. Those types of publications can publish both locally and in the county where the property is located.

In my county, normally we don't see the bankruptcies "published" in the local paper unless it's a well know business or celebrity.

Your attorney should be able to tell you what the local practices are.

I am not sure what you mean by "publish."

Your bankruptcy petition, once filed, is publicly accessible on PACER (electronic document storage). Only certain things are kept private, such as your social security number or other personal identifiers.

It is public information, meaning people who want to go to the courthouse to see if you filed would be able to obtain that information, however it is not published in the newspaper.

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Most newspapers have generally ceased publishing bankruptcy filings, except in newsworthy cases of interest to the business community, such as the recent Chrysler and General Motors filings. This is due in large part to the fact that bankruptcy cases are accessible to the public through the WebPACER system. (“Web” meaning internet-based, and “PACER” standing for “Public Access to Court Electronic Records”.)

However, while such information is available to the public, using WebPACER requires signing up for an account and password, and the user is charged for such access and printing copies of filed bankruptcy documents. This tends to discourage the "looky-loos", and limits the system usage to those persons who have a bona fide reason to view such data. So, more likely than not, a consumer bankruptcy filing is not published in the newspapers of the county or district where the case was filed nor in the county or district where the debtor owns property.

The agenda for the meeting of creditors can sometimes be found on the internet. Search for "341 hearings" for the county you're in and you may see a list of people who have recenty filed. I've noticed that the agenda is discoverable for a few weeks and then disappears from search results. It may be different in your area.