Circuit Court of Fayette County, Illinois (4th Judicial Circuit) Electronic Filing Rules

The specified materials for remote hearings must be submitted using the county e-filing system or the designated Dropbox account.

All proposed exhibits, proposed orders, fully signed agreed orders, agreements or stipulations, and all other documents that any party intends to present to the court for review or consideration shall be submitted at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled remote hearing through the county e-filing system or to a designated Dropbox account, as designated by the Court or the Circuit Clerk, as follows:

Applies to

Exhibit admitted into evidence

After an exhibit is admitted at a hearing, the Circuit Clerk must upload it to the official court record through the Fourth Circuit’s designated case-management program, currently PCJIMS.

Once an exhibit is admitted into evidence during the hearing, the Circuit Clerk shall upload the exhibit into the official court record through the designated case management program for the Fourth Circuit, currently PCJIMS.

Applies to

Order, agreement, stipulation, or other document directed by the judge

The Circuit Clerk must upload to the official court record any order, agreement, stipulation, or other document that the presiding or assigned judge directs be uploaded during a remote hearing.

The Circuit Clerk shall also upload into the official court record through the designated case management program for the Fourth Circuit any orders, agreements or stipulations or other document as directed by the presiding judge or the judge specifically assigned to the case during the remote hearing.