22nd Judicial Circuit Court, McHenry County Electronic Filing Rules
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Electronic filing requirements, permitted filing channels, EFSP portals, and exceptions. This page is scoped to 22nd Judicial Circuit Court, McHenry County; use the court rules overview to switch categories without leaving this court.
- Applies to
- Wills testamentary sealed impounded exhibits photographs or judge filed documents
Wills, testamentary documents, sealed or impounded documents, exhibits, photographs, and documents filed directly with the judge, including proposed orders, may not be filed electronically.
Wills or other testamentary documents, any sealed or impounded documents, exhibits, photographs, or documents that are filed directly with the judge (e.g., proposed orders) shall not be accepted for filing electronically.
- Applies to
- Unapproved document type
The Clerk must reject an electronically filed document when its document type is not approved.
Any unapproved document type filed electronically by a Subscriber shall be rejected by the Clerk of the Court.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court must permit conventional paper filing of documents and pleadings.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall allow the filing of a document or pleading using the conventional manner of filing.
The e-filing program may not block valid pleading filings, and the Clerk must scan conventionally filed documents into the electronic file.
At no time shall the E-filing program prevent or exclude the ability to file any valid pleading with the Clerk of the Twenty- Second Judicial Circuit Court. In those circumstances, the clerk shall scan conventionally filed documents into the electronic file.
- Applies to
- Civil and family documents
Electronic filing is mandatory for all civil and family case types, except Wills cases.
The Supreme Court mandates electronic filing for all Civil and Family case types, except for Wills (WI).
- Applies to
- Exhibits
Documents under seal and physical exhibits that cannot be adequately imaged must be filed physically at the clerk's office or in the courtroom as directed by court order.
Items not conducive to electronic filings, 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.”
- Applies to
- Bulk filings
Bulk filings combining cases or documents into one PDF are prohibited, and documents with different case numbers must be filed separately.
Bulk filings of multiple cases or multiple documents combined into one PDF document shall not be accepted. Documents with different case numbers must be filed individually in separate transactions.
- Applies to
- Document requiring statutory filing fee
A document requiring a statutory filing fee to obtain valid filing status must be submitted electronically like any other E-file document.
A. The e-filing of a document requiring payment of a statutory filing fee to the Clerk of the Court in order to achieve valid filing status shall be filed electronically in the same manner as any other e-file document.
For all small claims cases, a proposed order should be submitted electronically to the proposed order system at least 48 hours before the scheduled date, excluding weekends and court holidays.
For all small claims cases, at least forty-eight hours prior to the date on which a case is scheduled—excluding weekends and court holidays—a proposed order should be submitted electronically to the proposed order system at proposedorders@22ndCircuit.IllinoisCourts.gov.
- Applies to
- Proposed exhibit
A party may participate remotely in a bench trial, but proposed exhibits for remote participants must be filed at least one (1) week prior with the specified cover page or uploaded through the evidence portal.
A party may participate remotely in a bench trial but any proposed exhibits to be used by any such participant must be (a) filed at least one (1) week prior with a cover page which includes the caption of the case and notation that the attached include proposed exhibit(s) subject to allowance into evidence by the Court, or (b) uploaded through evidence portal at www.22ndcircuitil.gov.
- Applies to
- Court consideration item
Items that the court will consider must be filed electronically.
Items to be considered by the Court must be e-filed, as suggested above.
- Applies to
- Civil document
Electronic filing is mandatory in every civil matter.
Electronic document filing is required in all civil matters.
Unless the court orders otherwise, the filing party must preserve electronically filed documents bearing original signatures for at least one year after the appellate process period ends.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the filing party shall maintain and preserve all documents containing original signatures that are filed electronically for a minimum of one year after the appellate process period has been completed.
- Applies to
- Proposed order
For all matters scheduled before the court, proposed orders must be submitted through the court’s proposed-order system and email at least two business days before the scheduled court date.
E. Submission of Orders: FOR ALL MATTERS scheduled before the Court proposed orders shall be submitted electronically through the Court’s proposed order system at least 2 business days before the scheduled court date. Orders shall be submitted electronically to proposedorders@22ndcircuit.illinoiscourts.gov.
The proposed-order email is exclusively for orders and must not be used for pleadings, motions, affidavits, or exhibits.
ONLY ORDERS SHALL BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE PROPOSED ORDER EMAIL, NOT PLEADINGS, MOTIONS, AFFIDAVITS, OR EXHIBITS
- Applies to
- Sealed or impounded documents
Documents in confidential, impounded, or sealed cases may be filed electronically.
Documents in confidential, impounded, or sealed cases may be electronically filed.
After successfully receiving and virus-checking a clean filing, the e-filing vendor must immediately make it available for transmission to the clerk.
The e-filing vendor is required to make each electronically filed document that is not infected by a virus available for transmission to the clerk immediately after successful receipt and virus checking of the document.
Approved eFileIL EFSPs and contracted E-filing vendors serve as the clerk's agents for electronic filing, receipt, service, and retrieval of court documents.
A. 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.
The E-filing vendor must make electronically filed and electronically served documents available to subscribers and designated court-authorized users under the clerk-vendor contract and Illinois Supreme Court policy.
B. 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.
- Applies to
- Proposed order
The designated proposed-orders email is only for proposed orders and should not be used for pleadings, motions, affidavits, or exhibits.
Only proposed orders shall be submitted through the proposed orders email, not pleadings, motions, affidavits, or exhibits.
All proposed orders, whether submitted before or after a court appearance and regardless of case type, should be submitted by email to the stated proposed-orders address.
All proposed orders orders—be they prior or subsequent to the court appearance and regardless of case type—should be submitted by email to: proposedorders@22ndcircuit.illinoiscourts.gov.
Items not submitted electronically may be mailed or delivered only as directed by the court.
Other items may be mailed or delivered to the extent directed by the Court.
- Applies to
- Documents
The court accepts electronic filing of documents in civil proceedings effective September 2, 2013.
The Illinois Supreme Court issued Order M.R. 18368, effective January 1, 2013, approving Electronic Filing Standards and Principles and has approved the Twenty- Second Judicial Circuit Court to accept the electronic filing of documents in civil proceedings effective September 2, 2013.
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- Documents
The court accepts electronic filing of documents in criminal proceedings effective August 3, 2015.
Approval was received from the Illinois Supreme Court for electronic records (E-Record) effective on May 12, 2015. Approval was received to accept the electronic filing of documents in criminal proceedings effective August 3, 2015.
The court authorizes electronic filing for all civil cases except WI (Will Filing), subject to the Clerk's phased implementation.
This court hereby authorizes all civil case with the exception of WI (Will Filing) as permissible electronic filing case types. The Circuit Court Clerk shall direct the phasing in of case types during the initial implementation of electronic filing.
- Applies to
- Notice of appeal or post judgment enforcement proceeding document
Notices of appeal and documents in post-judgment enforcement proceedings may be electronically filed and served under Supreme Court Rules.
Any notice of appeal and post-judgment enforcement proceeding documents may be e-filed and served in accordance with Supreme Court Rules.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court accepts and approves electronic filings submitted through a vendor or the Clerk's computer workstation.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall accept and approve filing electronically through a vendor or through the clerk's computer workstation.
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- Criminal documents
Criminal electronic filing is permitted but not mandatory.
Criminal electronic filing is permissive, but not required.
Self-represented litigants may use vendor-based internet e-filing through individual transactional agreements and credit card payment.
Self-Represented Litigants may utilize E-filing through a vendor on the Internet by means of individual transactional agreements and credit card payment.
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- Exhibits
Physical items may be electronically imaged and e-filed when a photograph may be substituted.
Physical items for which a photograph may be substituted may be electronically imaged and e-filed.
A motion and notice of motion requesting permission to file physical items may be filed electronically.
The Motion and Notice of Motion for permission to file any of these physical items may be made electronically.
Individual documents within the same case may be filed together in one electronic transaction.
Filing of individual documents within a case shall be accepted in a single electronic filing transaction.
- Applies to
- Citations
A law enforcement agency may transmit multiple electronically filed citations to the Circuit Clerk in one transaction.
Multiple electronically filed citations may be transmitted to the Circuit Clerk as a single transaction directly from the law enforcement agency.
- Applies to
- Proposed order
Proposed orders, whether submitted before or after a court appearance, may be emailed to the Court at the designated proposed-orders address.
Proposed Orders — be they prior or subsequent to the court appearance — may be submitted to the Court through email to proposedorders@22ndcircuit.illinoiscourts.gov.
- Applies to
- Proposed orders oaths and bonds
Where a new decedent's-estate matter is not scheduled for open-court presentation, the attorney or self-represented party may email proposed orders, oaths, and bonds to the Court with an explanatory cover email.
Upon the filing of a petition to open a decedent's estate and an affidavit of heirship, an attorney or self-represented litigant (party) may email appropriate proposed orders and the appropriate oath(s) and bond(s) to the Court at proposedorders@22ndcircuit.illinoiscourts.gov along with a cover email which simply explains what filings have occurred (including the filing of any will and codicil, and the number assigned to any such filing) and what is being required, to the extent the matter is not otherwise scheduled for presentation in open court.
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- Proposed order
After judgment is entered, a party may email a proposed memorandum of judgment to proposedorders@22ndcircuitil.gov.
Proposed memoranda of judgments may be submitted to the Court through email to proposedorders@22ndcircuitil.gov after a judgment has been entered and with clear reference to the date and the amount of the judgment.
Is electronic filing required in 22nd Judicial Circuit Court, McHenry County?
Yes. Electronic filing is required for the covered filings. Electronic filing is mandatory in every civil matter.
Is electronic filing required in 22nd Judicial Circuit Court, McHenry County?
Yes. Electronic filing is required for the covered filings. Unless the court orders otherwise, the filing party must preserve electronically filed documents bearing original signatures for at least one year after the appellate process period ends.
Is electronic filing required in 22nd Judicial Circuit Court, McHenry County?
Yes. Electronic filing is required for the covered filings. For all matters scheduled before the court, proposed orders must be submitted through the court’s proposed-order system and email at least two business days before the scheduled court date.
Is electronic filing required in 22nd Judicial Circuit Court, McHenry County?
Yes. Electronic filing is required for the covered filings. For all small claims cases, a proposed order should be submitted electronically to the proposed order system at least 48 hours before the scheduled date, excluding weekends and court holidays.
Is electronic filing required in 22nd Judicial Circuit Court, McHenry County?
No. Electronic filing is prohibited for the covered filings. Wills, testamentary documents, sealed or impounded documents, exhibits, photographs, and documents filed directly with the judge, including proposed orders, may not be filed electronically.
Is electronic filing required in 22nd Judicial Circuit Court, McHenry County?
No. Electronic filing is prohibited for the covered filings. The Clerk must reject an electronically filed document when its document type is not approved.
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