Circuit Court of Boone County, Illinois (17th Judicial Circuit) Filing Bundling Requirements

CRITICAL

The following documents are deemed to be of independent legal significance, and so they should be filed separately rather than being bundled with other documents: Returns of service of summons; Notices of Motion; Military Affidavits; Appearances; Any certificate of publication; and In foreclosure cases, the following types of documents: prove-up affidavits; attorney fee affidavits; loss mitigation affidavits; sale documents, including the report of sale, certificate of sale, receipt of sale; motion for approval of sale; notice of motion for approval.

The following documents are deemed to be of independent legal significance, and so they should be filed separately rather than being bundled with other documents: Returns of service of summons; Notices of Motion; Military Affidavits; Appearances; Any certificate of publication; and In foreclosure cases, the following types of documents: prove-up affidavits; attorney fee affidavits; loss mitigation affidavits; sale documents, including the report of sale, certificate of sale, receipt of sale; motion for approval of sale; notice of motion for approval.

CRITICAL

Bulk filings combining multiple cases or documents in one PDF are not accepted, except multiple citations may be transmitted in one transaction directly by a law enforcement agency.

Bulk filings of multiple cases or multiple documents combined into one PDF document shall not be accepted; however, multiple citations being electronically filed may be transmitted to the Circuit Clerk as a single transaction directly from the law enforcement agency.

CRITICAL

Documents bearing different case numbers must be filed in separate transactions.

Documents with different case numbers must be filed individually in separate transactions.

CRITICALCivil cases

The listed foreclosure motion documents must be filed separately and not bundled together.

Note that all documents are to be filed separately, and not bundled together. (See General Order 9.09).

WARNING

Parties should file separate court documents rather than bundle them, except that motions may be bundled with supporting exhibits unless an exhibit is listed in part (b).

In general, separate documents should not be bundled together when filed (i.e., stapled together when physically filed, or scanned together when e-filed). Doing so inhibits the court’s ability to find separate documents via the Court’s electronic record.

WARNING

Individual documents in one case may be filed in a single transaction, but each must be uploaded and titled separately under General Order 9.09.

Filing of individual documents within a case shall be accepted in a single electronic filing transaction; however, each individual document must be uploaded and titled individually in accordance with 17th Circuit Court General Order 9.09.

WARNING

Separate, unrelated tasks may not be combined in a single invoice entry.

Separate, unrelated tasks shall not be “bundled” in one entry;

INFO

A party may bundle a motion with supporting exhibits unless an exhibit is among the document types required to be filed separately.

This rule does not prevent a party from bundling a motion with supporting exhibits, unless the exhibit is of a type specified in part (b), below.