Can a Sole Proprietor file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Pro Se if their debt is primarily business related?

You can do it but I don't recommend it sole prop or not. I am a sole prop and decided to file with an attorney. See the post at my blog on this very subject (link below) Good luck to you. http://californiabankruptcycentral.blogspot.com/2010/06/should-you-file-bankruptcy-pro-se.html

Someone else wrote:

Sure. But why? The fact that you have to ask such a basic thing means your probably NOT really capable of getting a good result, and in fact may end up not jut a bad one but a criminal one, handing it by yourself and not understanding what something actually meant....you need expert assistance plain and simple.

Note: this text is the reason for the question: "An entity which is not an individual may not appear in bankruptcy court unless represented by an attorney authorized to practice under Local Rule 9010-3."

And your failure to understand that most simple and basic of rules.....even more simply exlpained than as taught in Business 101...a sole Proprietor is NOT an entity and IS an individual...(and to not understand that if it was anything other than an individual...the individual (presumably YOU and your assets/debts), wouldn't be the one filing for BK....but the proprietorship isn't filing...YOU personally are, on all your "personal" and "business" dealing (including that "primarily" business dealing....however YOU define that),failing to understand they are one and the same...because you is it!

BASICS: Sole P defined (as in a HIGH SCHOOL level business text): (but of course as you say you are one, it's more than reasonable to think you would know what the heck YOU are):

A sole proprietorship is a business owned and operated by one individual.

Legally, if you set up your business as a sole proprietorship, your business is considered to be an extension of yourself. Therefore, as a sole proprietor, you are personally responsible for all the liabilities and obligations your business incurs.

This means that if the business fails, any of your assets, including your personal assets, can be seized to discharge the liabilities owing.

GET HELP BEFORE YOU DO YOURSELF (or maybe the sole p...which who cares about right?)...TERRIBLE HARM!