18th Judicial Circuit Court, DuPage County Electronic Filing Rules

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

Source text: Pursuant to a letter dated November 6, 2015, from the Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, commencing January 1, 2016, all fillings in civil cases must be made electronically (e-filing).

Effective July 1, 2019, all civil case filings must be electronically filed using the statewide eFileIL system.

Source text: Pursuant to Supreme Court Order entered January 16, 2018, and in reference to Supreme Court Order M.R. 18368, effective July 1, 2019, all civil case filings must be electronically filed using the statewide eFileIL system.

Attorneys must register with an approved e-filing vendor and provide their DuPage attorney registration ID on all filings.

Source text: Each attorney shall register with an approved e-filing vendor and provide their DuPage attorney registration identification number on any filings (i.e., Local Rule 1.25).

Pro se parties must register for e-filing using a valid credit card, debit card, or other valid electronic payment method.

Source text: Pro se parties shall register using a valid credit card, debit card, or other valid electronic payment method.

Approved EFSPs for eFileIL and e-filing vendors with executed agreements with the Circuit Clerk are appointed as the Clerk’s agent for e-filing, service, and document retrieval.

Source text: Approved EFSP’s for eFileIL and E-Filing vendor(s) with Electronic Information Project Agreements executed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court are hereby appointed to be the agent of the Clerk of the Circuit Court regarding electronic filing, receipt, service and/or retrieval of any pleading or document via the e-filing vendor system.

Summons with a required court date must be filed in a separate electronic transaction from the complaint, after the complaint is filed and assigned a case number and court location.

Source text: Summons that require a court date shall be filed in a separate electronic filing transaction from the complaint. The summons may be filed electronically after the Circuit Clerk has filed the complaint, assigned a case number and court location.

Criminal cause documents may be filed electronically, in person, by mail, private messenger, or parcel delivery service.

Source text: Any document to be filed in any criminal cause or proceeding may be filed in person, by mail, private messenger, authorized electronic filing service, or parcel delivery service.

Civil cause documents must be filed electronically through an approved vendor; paper filings accepted per Supreme Court Rule 9(c).

Source text: Any document to be filed in a civil cause or proceeding, except as set for the 2.02(e) below, must be filed electronically through an approved electronic filing vendor. Paper filings may be accepted pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 9(c).

Traffic Division documents may be filed electronically or in person at 505 N. County Farm Road or the court where the case is pending.

Source text: Any document to be filed in any cause or proceeding pending in the Traffic Division may be filed either at 505 North County Farm Road, Wheaton, Illinois, through an authorized electronic filing service, or at the court where the cause or proceeding is pending.

Guardianship annual/biennial reports may be filed electronically, in person, by mail, private messenger, or parcel delivery service.

Source text: Any annual or biennial report or accounting to be filed in a guardianship case may be filed in person, by mail, private messenger, authorized electronic filing service, or parcel delivery service.

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

Source text: Pursuant to a letter dated November 6, 2015, from the Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, commencing January 1, 2016, all fillings in civil cases must be made electronically (e-filing).

Effective July 1, 2019, all civil case filings must be electronically filed using the statewide eFileIL system.

Source text: Pursuant to Supreme Court Order entered January 16, 2018, and in reference to Supreme Court Order M.R. 18368, effective July 1, 2019, all civil case filings must be electronically filed using the statewide eFileIL system.

All civil cases except WF (Will Filing) are permissible e-filing case types, with additional case types authorizable via Administrative Order.

Source text: This Court hereby authorizes all civil cases with the exception of WF (Will Filing) as permissible electronic filing case types. From time to time, with the approval of the Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, the Court may authorize, by written Administrative Order, additional types of cases to be processed via electronic filing. The Circuit Court Clerk shall direct the phasing in of additional implementation.

Clerk accepts e-filings through approved vendors or the Clerk's computer workstation.

Source text: The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall accept and approve filings electronically through a Vendor or through the Clerk’s computer workstation.

Conventional paper filing is allowed subject to Rule 2.02(a)(b); e-filing programs cannot block conventional filing, and Clerk scans conventional filings into electronic files.

Source text: The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall allow the filing of a document or pleading using the conventional manner of filing subject to Rule 2.02(a) and (b). At no time shall the e-filing program prevent or exclude the ability to file and valid pleading with the Clerk of the 18th Judicial Circuit Court. In those circumstances, the Clerk shall scan conventionally filed documents into the electronic file.

Attorneys must register with an approved e-filing vendor and provide their DuPage attorney registration number on all filings.

Source text: Each attorney shall register with an approved e-filing vendor and provide their DuPage attorney registration identification number on any filings (i.e., Local Rule 1.25).

Pro se parties must register for e-filing using a valid electronic payment method.

Source text: Pro se parties shall register using a valid credit card, debit card, or other valid electronic payment method.

Physical items substitutable by photo may be e-filed; non-conducive items (sealed docs, physical exhibits) must be filed physically, with motions for permission filed electronically.

Source text: Physical items for which a photograph may be substituted may be electronically imaged and e-filed. Items not conducive to electronic filing, such as documents under seal and physical exhibits for which an image will not suffice shall be filed in their physical form at the Clerk’s Office or in the Courtroom, as directed by order of the court and in conformity with Supreme Court “Electronic Filing Standards and Principles.” The Motion and Notice of Motion for permission to file any of these physical items may be done electronically.

Filing parties certify original signed documents exist, retain them for 1 year after judgment final, and provide hard copies upon request within 5 business days.

Source text: Anyone filing an electronic document that requires an original signature certifies by so filing, that the original signed document exists in the filing person’s possession. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the filing party must retain the original document as signed either conventionally or electronically, until one year after the date that judgment has become final by the conclusion of direct review or the expiration of the time for seeking such review. The filing party shall make those signed originals available for inspection by the Court, the Clerk of the Court or by other counsel in the case, upon five (5) days’ notice. At any time, the Clerk of the Court may request from the filing party a hard copy of an electronically filed document, which shall be provided within five (5) business days upon reasonable notice.

Approved eFileIL EFSPs are appointed as Clerk's agents for e-filing, service, and document retrieval.

Source text: Approved EFSP’s for eFileIL and E-Filing vendor(s) with Electronic Information Project Agreements executed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court are hereby appointed to be the agent of the Clerk of the Circuit Court regarding electronic filing, receipt, service and/or retrieval of any pleading or document via the e-filing vendor system.

Summons with court date must be filed in separate e-filing transaction from complaint, after complaint is filed and case number assigned.

Source text: Summons that require a court date shall be filed in a separate electronic filing transaction from the complaint. The summons may be filed electronically after the Circuit Clerk has filed the complaint, assigned a case number and court location.

Discovery documents (except requests to admit) shall not be filed unless ordered by court, needed to resolve disputes, or per Supreme Court Rule 207.

Source text: Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, depositions, interrogatories, answers, or responses thereto and other discovery documents, shall not be filed with the Clerk of the Court, except as necessary to resolve disputed issues of procedure, fact, or substantive law or pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 207. Rule 7.02 shall not apply to requests to admit facts or to the answers or responses thereto.

All civil cases except WF (Will Filing) are permissible electronic filing case types.

Source text: This Court hereby authorizes all civil cases with the exception of WF (Will Filing) as permissible electronic filing case types.

Notices of appeal and post-judgment enforcement documents may be e-filed and served per Supreme Court Rules.

Source text: Any notice of appeal and post judgment enforcement proceeding documents may be e-filed and served in accordance with Supreme Court Rules.

E-filing vendors must make electronically filed and served documents available to subscribers and court authorized users per the Clerk-vendor contract and Illinois Supreme Court Electronic Access Policy.

Source text: The e-filing vendor shall make electronically filed documents, and documents being served electronically through the e-filing vendor’s system, available to subscribers and the designated court authorized users through the e-filing vendor’s system in accordance with the current contract between the Clerk and the e-filing vendor, and consistent with the Supreme Court’s Electronic Access Policy for Circuit Court Records of the Illinois Courts.

Notices of appeal and post-judgment enforcement documents may be e-filed per Supreme Court Rules.

Source text: Any notice of appeal and post judgment enforcement proceeding documents may be e-filed and served in accordance with Supreme Court Rules.

Pro se litigants may e-file via a vendor using individual transactional agreements and credit card payment.

Source text: Pro se litigants may utilize e-filing through a vendor on the internet by means of individual transactional agreements and credit card payment.

Clerk provides free e-file computer workstation access to attorneys and parties in e-file cases during normal business hours.

Source text: Without charge during normal business hours, the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall provide attorneys and parties in e-file cases access to an e-file computer workstation.

Clerk maintains paper copies of all e-filings in criminal cases and WF (Will Filing) in parallel manual files.

Source text: The Clerk of the Court shall create and maintain a paper copy of all e-filings in all criminal cases as well as WF (Will Filing) in a parallel manual court file.

Electronic filing of extended media coverage requests is permitted via email or facsimile.

Source text: The Clerk of the Court may coordinate with the designated media coordinator for an electronic filing of the request by means of email or facsimile.