18th Judicial Circuit Court, DuPage County Filing Rules

Exhibits filed separately from associated documents due to size limits must include DuPage Exhibit Cover Sheet (Form 4393), or may be rejected.

E-filed pleadings received before midnight on open court days deemed filed that day; filed on closed days deemed next business day.

Documents requiring personal service for jurisdiction may not be e-served, must be served conventionally.

Commencing January 1, 2016, all civil case fillings must be made electronically.

Vendors collect required filing fees from subscribers via direct billing, unless fee is waived by court order or law.

Parties prejudiced by a court order accepting a subsequent filing effective as of the first attempt date are entitled to an extension of response or performance deadlines absent extraordinary circumstances.

Parties with legal basis to file under seal without prior order must e-file a motion for leave to seal, include standards explanation, and not attach the document to the motion.

E-filed pleadings must follow paper pleading formatting rules and include case title, case number, and nature of filing.

After an arbitration date change is granted, the requesting party must promptly notify the Arbitration Administrator of the new date and time by phone/fax, personal service, or possibly mail.

Paper courtesy copies customarily required for court must be provided in e-file cases unless court orders otherwise.

Bulk filings of multiple cases or combined PDFs are prohibited; different case numbers must be filed individually, same case documents may be in single transaction.

Jury cases subject to arbitration are exempt from the initial case management conference unless and until the Rejection of the arbitration award is rejected.

Motions and supporting/opposing writings are limited to 10 pages (excluding supporting documents) without prior leave of court; motions for additional pages require an affidavit showing necessity.