Sierra Superior Court Electronic Filing Rules

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Electronic filings must be sent to superiorcourt@sierracourt.org unless an Appellate Division clerk instructs otherwise.

Electronic filings shall be sent to superiorcourt@sierracourt.org unless instructed otherwise by a clerk of the Appellate Division.

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The filing email subject must state the case name, case number where applicable, and case type.

The email “Subject” must state the case name and number where applicable, and the type of case, e.g. Civil, Family Law, Probate, Criminal, etc.

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A party may submit documents electronically, and each electronically submitted document must place “Electronically Submitted” immediately below its title.

A party may submit documents electronically to the Appellate Division for filing. Each document transmitted electronically for filing shall contain the phrase “Electronically Submitted” immediately below the title of the document.

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E-filings that fail to comply with the stated rules will be rejected.

eFilings that do not conform to these rules will be rejected.

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Electronic filings must be emailed to the court at superiorcourt@sierracourt.org.

Electronic filing of pleadings and documents must be sent by email to the court at the following email address ONLY: superiorcourt@sierracourt.org.

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Each filing email may concern only one case.

Only one case per email

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The filing email body may contain only the specified message.

The only message in the email body can be: “please file and return filed documents by email”.

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Applies to

Pleadings and documents ordered by a judicial officer to be filed in person or by mail

Documents a judicial officer orders filed in person or by mail must be filed by that method.

All pleadings and documents ordered by a judicial officer to be filed in person or by mail MUST be filed in that manner.

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Applies to

Order after hearing

An Order After Hearing may be submitted by fax.

Faxed OAH's are acceptable.

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Copies of e-filed documents will be returned to the email address from which they were sent.

Copies of eFiled documents will be returned via the sending email address.

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Electronic filing of pleadings and documents is permitted in all case types.

Submission of pleadings and documents through electronic filing (eFiling) is permitted in all case types.