11th Judicial Circuit Court, McLean County, Illinois Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Civil cases must be electronically filed, except Will Filing cases and cases filed by IDOC or local county adult detention center inmates.

All civil cases with the exception of WI (Will Filing) and cases filed by Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) inmates or inmates of a local county adult detention center, shall be electronically filed in accordance with the Illinois Supreme Court Electronic Filing Standards and Principles and Eleventh Judicial Circuit Rule 9.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Document requiring statutory filing fee

A document requiring a statutory filing fee must be e-filed in the same manner as any other e-filed document.

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-filed document.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Summons notice motion or other document

Summonses, notices, motions, and other documents may not be filed by facsimile, email, or other electronic transmission methods.

Filing of any summons, notice, motion or other document via facsimile, electronic mail or other electronic transmission methods is not allowed.

CRITICAL

Filings may not be made by fax or email without leave of court.

No filing of any summons, petition, notice, motion or other document may be made in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit via facsimile (fax) or email absent leave of the court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transcript

A party intending to offer evidence-deposition testimony must e-file the transcript before final pretrial or as directed by the court.

Any party intending to offer testimony by way of evidence deposition shall be responsible for e-filing the transcript prior to final pre-trial or as directed by the court.

CRITICAL

Documents must be e-filed unless the party or case type falls within a stated exemption.

In all cases, except where the party has been granted an exemption under SCR 9 (c)(4) or where the case type is specifically exempted from this requirement by the Supreme Court or exempted by local court practice, all documents must be filed electronically (e-filed), and the following rules apply within the Eleventh Judicial Circuit:

INFO

Applies to

Demonstratives and referenced exhibits

Demonstratives and referenced exhibits that were not otherwise offered may be filed as part of the electronic exhibit record.

Demonstratives and other exhibits referenced (but not otherwise offered) may be filed and made part of the electronic exhibit record in the same manner as described herein.

INFO

With the specified approval, the Court may authorize additional case types to be processed through electronic filing by written Administrative Order.

From time to time, with the approval of the Director of the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts, the Court may authorize, by written Administrative Order, additional types of cases to be processed via electronic filing.