Jackson County Court of Common Pleas, General & Domestic Relations Divisions Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Submissions are limited to 10,000 kilobytes; larger filings will be rejected and must be filed on paper.

D. Size of Filing. Submissions are limited to ten thousand kilobytes in size. Filings that exceed this size limit will be rejected by the Clerk and must be filed as a paper document.

CRITICAL

After acceptance, an E-Filed document cannot be withdrawn, deleted, or altered; only a Judge may strike it if filed in error.

2. After the Clerk accepts an E-Filing, the E-Filed document cannot be withdrawn, deleted, or altered. After acceptance, only a Judge can strike an E-Filing in the event it has been filed in error.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Sealed document

A motion to file documents under seal may be filed and served electronically before or at the same time as the proposed sealed documents, which must be filed on paper unless the Court directs otherwise.

A. Documents Filed under Seal. A motion to file documents under seal may be filed and served electronically and prior to or contemporaneously to the filing of the proposed sealed documents. The documents to be filed under seal must be filed in paper form unless otherwise directed by the Court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

In camera review document

Documents submitted for in-camera review must be delivered on paper to the assigned Judge or Magistrate outside the E-Filing system.

B. Documents submitted for In Camera Review. Any documents submitted for in-camera review must be submitted to the assigned Judge or Magistrate in paper form outside the E-Filing system.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Pleading

The filer must provide enough copies with the original to give counsel and the party file-stamped copies and to accomplish service of process if required.

In addition to the original, sufficient copies shall be filed with the Clerk to provide counsel and the party with the file stamped copy and to accomplish service of process, if required.

CRITICAL

File the listed documents with the Clerk of Courts office and pay the $400 filing fee by cash, check, credit card, or money order.

The above documents need to be filed with the Clerk of Courts office (3rd Floor of Courthouse), along with your deposit of the $400 filing fee, which can be paid by cash, check, credit card or money order.

WARNING

Attorneys are encouraged to use the Court’s E-Filing system; all cases except the listed case types are designated as E-File cases.

A. All attorneys are encouraged to use the Court’s E-Filing system. All cases, except for those listed below, are designated as E-File cases. 1. Case types not subject to E-Filing are: a. Cognovit, b. Foreign Judgment, c. Petition for Civil Stalking Protection Order/Domestic Violence Civil Protection Order, d. Replevin, e. Certificate for Qualification of Employment (CQE).

WARNING

Applies to

Court document

Self-represented filers may e-file but are not required to; those who do not e-file must submit all documents by mail, commercial carrier, or personal delivery.

B. Self-represented filers may, but are not required to, utilize the E-Filing system. The Clerk of Courts will provide public access accounts from which self-represented filers will be permitted to use the Court’s E-Filing system and electronically file documents. Self-represented filers who do not utilize the E-Filing system must file all documents with the Clerk by mail, commercial carrier service, or personal delivery to the Clerk’s Office.

WARNING

Applies to

Proposed order

Proposed orders and agreed judgment entries signed by the parties that require a judge or magistrate’s signature should not be filed on the docket.

Proposed orders and agreed judgment entries signed by the parties and requiring a Judge or Magistrate’s signature should not be filed on the docket.

WARNING

If an E-Filing contains two captioned documents, only the document named in the docket entry will be considered filed.

G. Multiple Documents per Filing. If two captioned documents are included in the same E-Filing, the docket entry assigned to the filing will determine which document is filed. The document not named in the docket entry will not be considered filed.

WARNING

Applies to

Revised document

An E-Filer may file a revised document to correct or add to a filing only if no party has responded to the original.

1. An E-Filer who wishes to make corrections or additions to a filed document may file a revised document if no response has been made to the original filing by any party.

WARNING

Before acceptance, the Clerk may reject an E-Filing upon the filer’s timely request, which must provide either the case number or E-File ID.

1. Prior to acceptance for filing, the Clerk may reject a document from the E-Filing system upon timely request by the filer. The request for rejection must contain either the case number or the E-File ID of the E-Filing sought to be rejected.

WARNING

During a technical failure of the Court’s E-Filing system, users may file documents on paper to meet jurisdictional deadlines.

2. When the Court’s E-Filing system is subject to a technical failure, system users may file documents in paper format to comply with jurisdictional deadlines.

WARNING

Users whose own technical problems prevent E-Filing may use the Clerk’s public terminals to meet jurisdictional deadlines.

3. When a system user cannot E-File because of the user’s technical problems, the user may use the Clerk’s public terminals to file documents in order to comply with jurisdictional deadlines.

WARNING

Applies to

Exhibits

Exhibits or other items that cannot be captured or stored electronically may be filed and served on paper.

C. Exhibits. Exhibits or other items that cannot be captured or stored in an electronic format may be filed and served in paper form.

WARNING

Applies to

Pleading file copies

The Clerk will not accept additional file copies.

No additional file copies shall be accepted by the Clerk.

INFO

Electronically filed papers have the same force and effect as papers filed by traditional means.

Electronically filed papers have the same force and effect as those filed by traditional means.

INFO

Applies to

Proposed order

Proposed orders shorter than two pages may be emailed to the Court at the stated address.

Proposed orders that are less than two pages may be emailed to the Court at jccpCourt@gmail.com.

INFO

Documents may be submitted electronically to the Clerk at any time, including outside business hours.

A. Documents may be submitted to the Clerk of E-Filing twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.