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

CRITICAL

Third parties, including the listed persons and entities, 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

The identified Illinois Supreme Court rules, orders, and e-filing standards are mandatory for use in the Tenth Judicial 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

Applies to

Civil case documents

Civil-case documents must be electronically filed 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

Discovery responses and documents

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

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

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 request

Discovery requests must not be filed with the clerk.

No discovery requests shall be filed with the clerk.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Quasi criminal case documents

Quasi-criminal case documents cannot be filed electronically.

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

INFO

Applies to

Criminal and juvenile case documents

Criminal and juvenile case documents may be e-filed 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.