Circuit Court of Marshall County, Illinois (10th Judicial Circuit) Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Listed third parties must file electronically unless the Court allows an exemption for good cause shown.

Any and all third-parties, including, but not limited to, court reporters, Probation Departments, Sheriffs Departments, local municipalities, other units of government, mediators, guardian' s ad litem, receivers, child representatives, private process servers and respondents in garnishment proceedings, including but not limited to employers and financial institutions, are required to file electronically, unless an exemption is allowed by the Court for good cause shown.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Discovery responses and documents

Discovery responses and documents must not be filed with the clerk.

No discovery responses or documents shall be filed with the clerk.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Quasi criminal document

Electronic filing is prohibited for quasi-criminal cases, including traffic, ordinance violation, conservation, and civil law violation cases.

Quasi-criminal case types (Traffic, Ordinance Violation, Conservation, and Civil Law Violations) cannot be electronically filed.

CRITICAL

Electronic filing is prohibited until the circuit court adopts an electronic-filing procedure.

No filing may be in electronic format until the circuit court adopts such a procedure.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Civil document

Civil case documents must be filed electronically with the clerk unless the Illinois Supreme Court exempts them.

all documents in civil cases, unless exempted by the Illinois Supreme Court, must be electronically filed with the clerk of court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Written discovery requests

Discovery requests may not be filed with the clerk under this rule, which does not apply to criminal or juvenile delinquency proceedings.

No discovery requests shall be filed with the clerk. This rule does not apply to criminal or juvenile delinquency proceedings.

WARNING

Criminal and juvenile documents may be filed electronically through eFileiL only after case initiation and assignment of a case number, with case types phased in as directed by the circuit court clerks.

Criminal and Juvenile case documents may be filed with the Court electronically through eFileiL, but this only applies to filings after the case has been initiated and assigned a case number. The Circuit Court Clerks' shall direct the phasing in of case types during the implementation of criminal and juvenile electronic filing.