Stillwater County District Court, Montana Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Applies to

Proposed jury instructions and verdict forms

Electronic copies of proposed jury instructions and verdict forms must be provided to the Court in Word format by email, CD, or other electronic media; email is preferred.

Electronic copies of the proposed instructions and verdict forms shall be provided to the Court in Word format, via email, CD, or other electronic media. The Court’s preferred method of receiving proposed instructions and verdict forms is by email.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Proposed order

Registered users must submit proposed orders through the electronic filing system.

Registered users shall submit all proposed orders in the electronic filing system in Word format so they may be edited as necessary by Chambers.

CRITICAL

Lawyers appearing in cases in Stillwater and Big Horn Counties must register for and begin using the electronic filing system.

All lawyers admitted to practice in Montana, or those appearing pro hac vice, who shall appear in cases filed in the these counties shall become registered users of the electronic filing system and begin using the electronic filing system.

CRITICAL

Use of the electronic filing system is mandatory for covered lawyers in all cases in counties that adopted it, regardless of filing date, subject to a narrowly limited waiver.

Consistent with Electronic Filing Rule 2(b), use of the electronic filing system for all lawyers admitted to practice in Montana, or those appearing pro hac vice, is mandatory in all cases in counties that have adopted electronic filing. Mandatory use of the electronic filing system shall apply to all cases, irrespective of filing date. Upon application to the Judge of the Twenty-Second Judicial District, waivers for use of the system may be granted for compelling or extenuating circumstances. Such waivers will only be granted upon a showing of genuine necessity.

WARNING

Documents that may be filed by mail may be filed by facsimile under the stated procedure, unless the county has adopted electronic filing.

Any document which may be filed by mail can be submitted by facsimile transmission using the following procedure. However, documents may not be filed via facsimile if the county where the case is taking place has adopted electronic filing.

WARNING

Registered users must keep their electronic filing profiles current, accurate, and complete and notify the appropriate county Clerk of Court if their email address changes.

All registered users of the electronic filing system are responsible for keeping the registration information profile current, accurate and complete in the electronic filing system by notifying the Clerk of Court of the appropriate county should the registered users email address change.

INFO

Self-represented litigants are not currently required to use the electronic filing system but are strongly encouraged to register.

While use of the electronic filing system is not currently mandatory for self- represented litigants, self-represented litigants are strongly encouraged to become registered users of the system.