Represented litigants must electronically file all documents through an approved Electronic Filing Service Provider (EFSP).
Certain document types (peremptory challenges, bonds, trial exhibits, certain ex parte applications, conditionally sealed documents) are prohibited from electronic filing.
Notice of Lodgment must be electronically filed; attachments to Notice of Lodgment must be lodged in paper form.
Attachments to a Notice of Lodgment must be lodged in paper form.
Electronic documents must be filed in text-searchable PDF format when feasible.
The table of contents for any filing must be bookmarked.
Declarations, proofs of service, and exhibits must be bookmarked with links to the first page and descriptive titles.
Attachments to primary documents must be bookmarked.
Use of hyperlinks in documents is strongly encouraged.
Each document accompanying a single pleading must be e-filed as a separate PDF.
Multiple documents for one case may be uploaded in a single electronic envelope transaction.
Writs and Abstracts must be submitted in a separate electronic envelope.
Court-ordered sealed documents must be electronically filed, with the party responsible for designating them as sealed.
Parties must redact confidential information (minors' initials, last 4 SSN, birth year) before filing.
Electronic filings received between 12:00 am and 11:59:59 pm on a court day are deemed filed that day; filings on non-court days deemed filed next court day.
If e-filing fails due to service interruption, non-filer transmission error, or post-receipt processing failure, the court may order the document deemed filed as of the attempted transmission date.
Ex parte applications and supporting documents must be e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before the hearing.
Ex parte oppositions must be e-filed by 8:30 a.m. the day of the hearing.
A printed courtesy copy of ex parte oppositions must be provided to the court on the hearing day.
Filings e-filed two or fewer days before hearing require a courtesy copy delivered by 4:30 p.m. same day, or 10:00 a.m. next business day if e-filed after 4:30 p.m.
Pleadings and motions of 26 or more pages require a printed courtesy copy.
Pleadings and motions with points and authorities require a printed courtesy copy.
Demurrers require a printed courtesy copy.
Anti-SLAPP filings require a printed courtesy copy.
Motions for summary judgment/adjudication require a printed courtesy copy.
Motions to compel further discovery require a printed courtesy copy.
Electronic filing fees and costs are waived for litigants with a court-approved fee waiver.
Fee waiver applications may be electronically filed.
All electronic filings must comply with California Rules of Court Rule 2.257 (electronic signature requirements).