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

CRITICAL

The enumerated Illinois Supreme Court rules, orders, and standards governing e-filing are mandatory for use in the circuit.

The following rules, orders, and standards governing e-filing have been promulgated by the Supreme Court of Illinois and the provisions of which are mandatory for use in the 1oth Judicial Circuit:

CRITICAL

Traffic, ordinance violation, conservation, and civil law violation case types cannot be filed electronically.

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

Discovery response

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

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

CRITICAL

The 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 request

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.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Civil document

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

Consistent with the Illinois Supreme Court Order M.R. 18368, as amended from time to time, and Illinois Supreme Court Rule 9, all documents in civil cases, unless exempted by the Illinois Supreme Court, must be electronically filed with the clerk of court.

INFO

Criminal and juvenile case documents may be filed electronically through eFileiL only after the case is initiated and assigned a case number.

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.