Superior Court of Fulton County Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Applies to

Notice of discovery dispute

A Notice of Discovery Dispute must be e-filed.

This is done by e-filing a Notice of Discovery Dispute pursuant to FD Rule 4000-6.1.2 and e-mailing a courtesy copy to the Litigation Manager.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Motion

All motions must be e-filed.

All motions must be e-filed and a courtesy copy sent to Ms. Nelson.

CRITICAL

Parties filing through PeachCourt must also register with eFileGA to ensure service.

All parties filing through PeachCourt www.peachcourt.com) must also register with eFileGA at http://www.eFilega.com to ensure service.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Notice of discovery deficiency

The notice of discovery deficiency must be e-filed and sent to Ms. Nelson.

This notice must be e-filed and sent to Ms. Nelson.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Proposed order

Proposed orders must not be filed electronically.

Proposed orders should never be e-filed.

CRITICALCriminal cases

All bond motions must be filed with the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court.

All bond motions must be filed with the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Pre trial submissions

Pre-trial submissions must be filed with the Clerk of Court and submitted by email to the Litigation Manager.

the parties are required to file with the Clerk of Court, serve on opposing counsel by email, and submit by email to the Litigation Manager by 4 p.m. two business days before the first day of trial

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Exhibits

Transcripts and exhibits must be e-filed; all exhibits must be scanned individually and emailed to the court reporter because of eFileGa size limits.

All transcripts and accompanying exhibits must be e-filed by the court reporter. Due to the size limits of eFileGa, all exhibits must be scanned individually and emailed to the court reporter.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Pre trial submissions

Pre-trial submissions must be filed with the Clerk of Court.

file with the Clerk of Court

CRITICALCivil cases

E-filing is mandatory for civil cases in Fulton County Superior Court, and all attorneys and pro se litigants must register with the court's e-filing system.

E-filing is mandatory for civil cases filed in Fulton County Superior Court. Every attorney of record and every pro se litigant must register with the Court's e-filing system.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Motion

All motions must be filed with the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court.

All motions must be filed with the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Verdict form

Proposed verdict forms must be submitted via e-mail to Ms. Candler.

parties must submit proposed verdict forms to Ms. Candler, again via e- mail in Microsoft Word format, prior to jury selection, or by the specific deadline set by the Court.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Transcripts and exhibits

All transcripts and accompanying exhibits must be e-filed pursuant to Judicial Council of Georgia rules.

Pursuant to the new rules of the Judicial Council of Georgia, all transcripts, and accompanying exhibits, are required to be e-filed.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Exhibits

All exhibits must be scanned individually and emailed to the court reporter due to eFile-Ga size limits.

Due to the size limits of eFile-Ga, all exhibits must be scanned individually and emailed to the court reporter.

CRITICALCivil cases

Every attorney of record and every pro se litigant must register with the Court's e-filing system.

Every attorney of record and every pro se litigant must register with the Court's e-filing system.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Jury charges

In addition to e-filing proposed charges with the Clerk of Court, the parties must also e-mail a copy, in Microsoft Word format, to Ms. Candler by this deadline.

In addition to e-filing proposed charges with the Clerk of Court, the parties must also e-mail a copy, in Microsoft Word format, to Ms. Candler by this deadline.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Civil case

E-filing is mandatory for all civil cases filed in Fulton County Superior Court.

E-filing is mandatory for civil cases filed in Fulton County Superior Court.

CRITICALCivil cases

E-filing is mandatory in Fulton County Superior Court; all parties should create an eFileGa account.

Electronic filing ("e-filing") is mandatory in the Superior Court of Fulton County. All parties should create an account with eFileGa to ensure consistent service of orders and other notices from the Court.

CRITICALCriminal cases

All counsel must register with the electronic filing system used by the Superior Court of Fulton County.

All counsel must also-register with the electronic filing system utilized in the Superior Court of Fulton County.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Transcripts and exhibits

All transcripts and accompanying exhibits must be e-filed; due to eFileGA size limits, exhibits must be scanned individually and emailed to the court reporter.

Pursuant to the Judicial Council of Georgia rules, all transcripts, and accompanying exhibits must be e-filed Due to the size limits of eFileGa, all exhibits must be scanned individually and emailed to the court reporter.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Proposed order

Proposed orders must not be filed with the clerk of court.

**Proposed orders shall not be filed with the clerk of court**, inasmuch as proposed orders have no force and effect in law and arguably serve no other purpose than to unnecessarily clutter the public record.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Motion

All motions must be filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court; the Court will not consider unfiled motions.

All motions must be filed with the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court. The Court will not consider any motions that have not been previously filed with the Clerk. Unfiled motions need not be presented to the Court, since they are not before the Court.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Jury charges

Proposed jury charges must be e-filed with the Clerk of Court and also e-mailed in Word format to Mr. Kerns.

In addition to e-filing proposed charges with the Clerk of Court, the parties must also e-mail a copy, in Microsoft Word format, to Mr. Kerns by this deadline.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Civil document

E-filing is mandatory for all civil cases; every attorney of record and every pro se litigant must register with the Court's e-filing system at www.efilega.com.

E-filing is mandatory for civil cases filed in Fulton County Superior Court. This means that electronic service of pleadings, other than the initial complaint and summons, is now legally sufficient. Every attorney of record and every pro se litigant must register with the Court's e-filing system. This can be accomplished at www.efilega.com.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Verdict form

Proposed verdict forms must be submitted via email to Mr. Kerns.

The parties must submit proposed verdict forms to Mr. Kerns, again via email in Microsoft Word format, prior to jury selection, or by the specific deadline set by the Court.

WARNING

All parties should create an eFileGA account and add a service contact to their case.

All Parties should have created an account with eFileGA and add a service contact to your case to ensure consistent

WARNING

Parties filing via PeachCourt must also register with eFilega.com so they receive service of all filings.

All Parties filing through PeachCourt (peachcourt.com) must also register with http://www.eFilega.com in addition to PeachCourt in order to ensure service of all filings.

WARNING

Applies to

Exhibits

Parties must provide their exhibits in digital form.

Additionally, Parties are now required to provide their exhibits in digital form.

WARNING

A granted Petition to Withdraw is not effective until the attorney registers the client for eFileGA with a service contact.

Any granted Petition to Withdraw will not be effective until the attorney registers his/her client for eFileGA with a service contact added.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Exhibits

Exhibits for evidentiary hearings should be submitted electronically to Ms. Kier Prince.

Copies of exhibits to be tendered at an evidentiary hearing should be submitted electronically to Ms. Kier Prince.

WARNING

Applies to

Extension request

Extension requests must be filed in Odyssey.

Request for extensions should be submitted in writing and filed in Odyssey

WARNING

All parties, including pro se litigants, should create an eFileGA account to ensure consistent service of orders and notices.

All parties including pro se litigants should create an account with eFileGA to ensure consistent service of orders and other notices from the Court.

WARNING

Applies to

Exhibits

Parties must provide exhibits in digital form.

Additionally, Parties are now required to provide their exhibits in digital form.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Applies to

Exhibit

Oversized or non-paper exhibits may be submitted as digital photographs marked with an exhibit sticker; if none is submitted, a paper description of the exhibit is inserted by the court reporter in its place.

For oversized or non-paper exhibits, i.e., guns, poster boards, etc., you may submit a digital photograph of the object marked with an exhibit sticker. If no photograph is submitted, then a piece of paper describing the exhibit, i.e., gun, posterboard, etc., will be inserted by the court reporter in its place as the exhibit attached to the transcript.

WARNING

Parties using PeachCourt must also register as a service contact on eFilega.com for each case.

All Parties filing through PeachCourt (peachcourt.com) must also register and add themselves as a_ service contact for each case with http://www.eFilega.com in addition to PeachCourt in order to ensure service of all filings.

WARNING

Due to eFileGa size limits, parties must scan exhibits individually and email them to the court reporter or place them on a disk.

Due to the size limits of eFileGa, parties are required to: (1) scan all exhibits individually and email them to the court reporter; or (2) scan all exhibits individually and place them on a disk for the court reporter.

WARNING

Due to eFileGa size limits, parties must scan exhibits individually and email them to the court reporter or place them on a disk.

Due to the size limits of eFileGa, parties are required to: (1) scan all exhibits individually and email them to the court reporter; or (2) scan all exhibits individually and place them on a disk for the court reporter.

WARNING

All parties must create an account with eFileGA.

All parties shall create an account with eFileGA

WARNING

Applies to

Proposed order

Proposed orders should not be e-filed; they may be emailed to the Staff Attorney in WORD format with an attached copy of the filed motion.

Proposed orders should not be e-filed. Proposed orders may be emailed to the Staff Attorney (in WORD format) with attached copy of the filed motion to which the proposed order pertains.

WARNING

Applies to

Proposed order

Proposed orders shall not be filed with the Clerk of Court, inasmuch as, proposed orders have no force and effect in law and arguably serve no other purpose than to unnecessarily clutter the public record.

Proposed orders shall not be filed with the Clerk of Court, inasmuch as, proposed orders have no force and effect in law and arguably serve no other purpose than to unnecessarily clutter the public record.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Applies to

Proposed order

Proposed Orders must not be filed with the Clerk of Court.

Proposed Orders shall not be filed with the Clerk of Court as they unnecessarily clutter the index of case in the Odyssey system.

WARNING

A granted petition to withdraw is not effective until the attorney registers the client for eFileGA with a service contact added.

Any petition granted will not be effective until the attorney registers his/her client for eFileGA with a service contact added.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Applies to

Oversized exhibits

Oversized or non-paper exhibits may be submitted as digital photographs marked with an exhibit sticker; if no photograph is submitted, a paper description is inserted in its place.

For oversized or non-paper exhibits, such as guns, poster boards, etc., you may submit a digital photograph of the object marked with an exhibit sticker. If no photograph is submitted, then a piece of paper describing the exhibit will be inserted by the court reporter in its place as the exhibit attached to the transcript.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Applies to

Exhibits

All exhibits must be scanned individually and emailed to the court reporter; oversized or non-paper exhibits may be submitted as digital photographs.

All exhibits must be scanned individually and emailed to the court reporter. For oversized or non-paper exhibits, such as guns, poster boards, etc., you may submit a digital photograph of the object marked with an exhibit sticker. If no photograph is submitted, then a piece of paper describing the exhibit will be inserted by the court reporter in its place as the exhibit attached to the transcript.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Applies to

Witness list

Witness lists are to be e-filed in compliance with this Order.

Parties must comply with the O.C.G.A. regarding disclosure of witnesses and witness lists e-filed to comply with this Order may have the lay witnesses9 dates of birth and contact information redacted;

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Exhibit

All transcripts and accompanying exhibits must be e-filed; due to eFileGa size limits, each exhibit must be scanned individually and emailed to the court reporter.

Pursuant to the new rules of the Judicial Council of Georgia, all transcripts, and accompanying exhibits, are required to be e-filed. Due to the size limits of eFileGa, all exhibits must be scanned individually and emailed to the court reporter.

INFOCivil cases

Public Access Terminals allow e-filing without registration or fees, but filers receive no confirmation emails.

PATs may also be used to E-File Documents on eFileGA without registering for an eFileGA account or incurring E-File fees and convenience fees. If a PAT is used by the filer, the filer will not receive e-mails confirming submissions and acceptance or rejection.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Pleadings

Electronic copies of pleadings are preferred over paper copies.

Electronic copies of pleadings are preferred.

INFOCivil cases

Specified categories of users are authorized to register for eFileGA access.

For the purpose of accessing eFileGA, the following users are authorized to register: i. Licensed attorneys and their staff, including paralegals and secretaries; ii. Pro hac vice attorneys (for the purpose of receiving E-Service only); ili, Judges and their staff; iv. Court administrative staff, including deputy clerks; v. Self-represented litigants; and vi. Other public users, including media representatives.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Orders

The Court must issue, file, and serve notices, orders, and other documents electronically; court-issued e-documents with a judge's electronic signature have the same force and effect as if signed by hand.

The Court shall issue, file, and serve notices, orders, and other Documents electronically, subject to the provisions of this Order. An Order or other Court-issued E-Document filed electronically bearing the electronic signature of a Judge and entered by a Judge, Clerk of Court, Deputy Clerk, or court personnel per the order of a Judge shall have the same force and effect as if the E-Document contained the handwritten signature of the Judge.