Denver District Court Electronic Filing Rules

Applies to

Petition for extreme risk protection order

All actions brought under C.R.S. §§ 13-14.5-101 et seq. (Extreme Risk Protection Orders) must be filed and heard in the Denver Probate Court.

the Courts hereby order that all actions brought under C. R.S. §§ 13- 14.5- 101 et seq . shall be filed and heard in the Denver Probate Court .

Applies to

Criminal case filing

All new District Court criminal cases filed on or after January 23, 2017 must use mandatory electronic filing; no paper file will be initiated or maintained.

Effective January 23, 2017, all new District Court criminal cases shall be subject to mandatory electronic filing using the State's E-Filing system. A paper file will not be initiated nor maintained on any new cases filed on or after January 23, 2017.

Applies to

All documents

In cases filed before January 23, 2017, all subsequent documents must be filed electronically and the existing paper file will not be supplemented.

In cases filed prior to January 23, 2017, all subsequent documents filed after that date, shall be filed electronically. The existing paper file will not be supplemented with e-filed documents.

Applies to

Trial exhibits

Trial and hearing exhibits must not be electronically filed; the court reporter serves as custodian of all trial and hearing exhibits.

Further, concerning trial or hearing exhibits, those items shall not be electronically filed but shall continue to be maintained under existing procedures, with the court reporter serving as the custodian of all trial and hearing exhibits, until further order of Court.

Applies to

All documents

All judicial rulings, filings, opinions, orders, and other written communications must be electronically filed.

All judicial rulings, filings, opinions, orders and other written communications shall be electronically filed.

Pro se parties may file documents in paper format; court staff will scan and upload them into the E-Filing system.

Parties not represented by counsel may file documents in paper format. Court staff shall scan and upload these documents into the E-Filing system.

Paper pleadings filed by attorneys on or after January 23, 2017 will not be accepted by the Clerk of Court.

Pleadings filed in paper format by attorneys, on or after January 23, 2017, will not be accepted by the Clerk of Court.

Applies to

Direct information

Prosecutors must e-file any direct information; the court-issued electronic signature constitutes consent.

Pursuant to Rule 7(c) of the Colorado Rules of Criminal Procedure, and consistent with this administrative order, any direct information a prosecutor may file shall be electronically filed and the prosecutor shall be deemed to have obtained consent upon the electronic signature issued by the court.

Paper pleadings from attorneys will not be accepted and will be returned to the attorney.

Pleadings filed in paper format after January 1, 2010 will not be accepted by the Clerk of Court; the paper filing will be returned, along with a copy of this order, to the attorney.

Applies to

Civil case filings

All civil case filings in Denver District Court must be filed electronically effective January 1, 2010; the Clerk will only accept e-filed documents after that date.

Effective January 1, 2010, all cases, pleadings and documents filed in District Court Civil cases in the 2nd Judicial District Court, Denver District Court shall be subject to mandatory electronic case filing. The Clerk of Court will only accept electronically filed pleadings and documents after this date. In cases filed prior to January 1, 2010, all documents filed on and after January 1, 2010, shall be filed electronically.

Applies to

All pleadings motions affidavits attachments

All counsel must electronically file and serve all pleadings, motions, affidavits, attachments, and other documents through LexisNexis File & Serve.

All counsel shall electronically file and serve, in accordance with C.R.C.P. 121, Section 1-26, all pleadings, motions, affidavits, attachments, and all other documents, including advisory copies of documents filed in other courts, using the LexisNexis File & Serve system.

Printed copies of electronically filed documents may not be filed with the Court.

Printed copies of electronically filed documents shall not be filed with the Court.

Applies to

In camera review documents

Parties may not electronically file documents restricted from the opposing party's view, such as in-camera review documents.

Parties shall not electronically file documents which are restricted from the view of the opposing party, such as in-camera review documents.

Applies to

In camera inspection

Documents for in camera inspection must be submitted in paper until further court order.

The submission of documents for in camera inspection shall continue to be done in paper until further order of court.

Applies to

Notice of filing or service

For advance review of trial or hearing exhibits, take the exhibits directly to the courtroom; do not file a Notice of Filing or Service, which the Clerk will reject.

If counsel or any party desires the Court to review trial or hearing exhibits in advance, it is unnecessary to file a "Notice of Filing or Service" with the Clerk of Court as those items shall be taken directly to the courtroom only. Any purported Notice shall be rejected by the Clerk of Court.