15th Judicial Circuit Court, Carroll County, Illinois Filing Rules

The mediator must report the outcome of mediation to the Court.

The Clerk must serve jury summonses at least 15 days before service begins; regular mail to the listed voter-registration or driver’s-license address is permitted.

The transmission time determines the e-filing time; pleadings received before midnight on an open day are filed that day, while filings on a closed day are filed the next business day, subject to Rule 2.13.

The judge, court media liaison, or other authorized court personnel may issue specific instructions and timeframes for equipment setup and installation.

A trial-continuance motion and written notice to attorneys and SRLs of record are due at least seven days before trial, and the motion must be set for hearing at least four days before trial.

Electronic filing is mandated in civil case types through the Illinois Supreme Court-authorized EFM.

The filer must ensure electronically filed documents and exhibits do not disclose impounded, sealed, or defined private information.

A copy of any permitted e-mail sent to a judge or other e-mail sent to a judge’s court reporter, specialist, or assistant should at the same time be sent to all opposing counsel and SRLs who have appeared in the case.

Statutory filing fees must be paid through the EFM to achieve valid filing status unless waived.

Bulk PDFs combining cases or documents are not accepted; documents with different case numbers require separate transactions, while documents in one case may share a transaction if each is uploaded and titled individually, with an exception for law-enforcement citation filings.

The Court may decide a motion on submitted briefs without oral argument or a hearing.

Parties must provide courtesy copies of documents to the Court if the Court requests them.