Jefferson Circuit Court Filing Timing and Cure Windows

After obtaining a discovery date and time by telephone, the judgment creditor must file the Notice of Bill of Discovery by the close of the second business day, deliver a file-stamped copy and the required fee to the Master Commissioner, and send the notice to the judgment debtor or party's last known address directing appearance at discovery; noncompliance causes remand from the post-judgment discovery docket.

A. Bills of Discovery shall automatically be referred to the Master Commissioner. Bills of Discovery shall be conducted in the Office of the Master Commissioner on Friday mornings. The judgment creditor shall telephonically contact the Office of the Master Commissioner to request and obtain a date and time at which the discovery will be undertaken, and, by the close of the second business day thereafter, the judgment creditor shall file its Notice of Bill of Discovery with the Office of the Circuit Court Clerk, and deliver to the Office of the Master Commissioner a file stamped copy of the aforesaid notice, together with payment to the Master Commissioner of the fee assessed under JRP 508 (G). Failure of the judgment creditor to timely comply with these requirements shall result in the Bill of Discovery being remanded from the post-judgment discovery docket. The notice shall be sent to the last known address of the judgment debtor or party and shall direct the judgment debtor or party to appear before the Master Commissioner at the designated date and time for the purposes of discovery and examination.

The Warning Order or Military Attorney must file the report within 50 days after appointment or within any period provided by the Civil Rules, and failure may result in sanctions regardless of payment.

C. The Warning Order or Military Attorney will file their report within fifty (50) days from the appointment, or such time as the Civil Rules may provide. Failure to do so may be ground for sanctions by the Court, whether the Warning Order or Military Attorney has been paid or not.

All civil and criminal motions scheduled for motion hour must be filed and clocked no later than noon on the preceding Thursday.

All motions, civil and criminal, to be heard at motion hours shall be filed and clocked no later than noon on the preceding Thursday

An opposing party has 20 days from the motion's certification date to respond.

An opposing party shall have twenty (20) days from the certification date on the motion to respond.

A reply must be filed no later than 10 days after the response is filed.

A reply may be filed no later than ten (10) days after the filing of a response and shall not exceed five (5) pages in length, in type no smaller than 12-point.

The party requesting a judicial sale must file and serve an amount-to-be-raised statement within five days after scheduling the sale.

Within five (5) days of scheduling a sale, the party requesting the sale shall file a statement ofthe amount to be raised and serve a copy on all parties and the Master Commissioner.

A new amount-to-be-raised statement must be filed whenever the sale is rescheduled.

A new statement shall be filed if a sale is rescheduled.

A lien holder with a judgment must file and serve an updated amount-to-be-raised statement within five days after the original statement is submitted.

Any other lien holder who has secured ajudgment in the case shall file with the Master Commissioner and serve a copy on all parties, an updated statement of the amount to be raised, within five (5) days after submission ofthe original statement by the party requesting the sale.

A lien holder who obtains a judgment after submission of the original statement but before sale must file an updated statement no later than five days after judgment entry.

If a lien holder should secure a judgment after submission of any statement ofthe amount to be raised, but before the sale, then the lien holder shall also file an updated statement, no later than five (5) days after entry of the new judgment .

Deadline

10 working days

After a pay-off request is made, the party requesting the judicial sale must file a pay-off statement within ten working days.

The party requesting the sale shall file the pay off statement within ten (10) working days.

A successful bidder may move for confirmation of the sale ten or more days after filing the Master Commissioner's Report of Sale.

A successful bidder at a sale may move for an order confirming the sale ten (10) or more days after the filing of a Master Commissioner's Report of Sale.

If the successful-bidder timing rule does not apply, a motion confirming the sale may be filed twenty or more days after filing the Master Commissioner's Report of Sale.

Otherwise, a motion for an order confirming the sale may be filed twenty (20) or more days after the filing of a Master Commissioner's Report of Sale.

A response to objections to a Master Commissioner's Report may be filed within five days after the objections are filed.

A response to the objections may be filed within five (5) days of the filing ofthe objections .

Deadline

50 calendar days

The Warning Order or Military Attorney must promptly file her report after 50 days from appointment or as otherwise provided by the Civil Rules, and failure may lead to sanctions regardless of payment.

C. The Warning Order or Military Attorney will file her report promptly after the expiration of fifty (50) days from the appointment, or such time as the Civil Rules may provide. Failure to do so may be ground for sanctions by the Court, whether the Warning Order or Military Attorney has been paid or not.

Unless the court orders otherwise, a motion filed after noon on Thursday is automatically moved to the next motion hour.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, motions filed after noon on Thursday shall be automatically passed to the next following motion hour .

A motion for default judgment need not be noticed for hearing and stands submitted upon filing with the court.

Motions for Default Judgment shall not be noticed for a hearing but shall stand submitted upon filing with the Court.

A party may request a pay off by filing a pleading at least twenty days before the judicial sale.

Any party may file a pleading in Court soliciting a pay off from the party requesting the sale and any other lien holders who have secured a judgment . The request shall be filed at least twenty (20) days before the sale.