Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICALCivil cases

Legal papers filed electronically must be filed through the Clerk’s Electronic Filing System, accessible through the Luzerne County website.

All legal papers filed electronically shall be filed through the Clerk of Judicial Records’ electronic filing system (“Electronic Filing System”) that may be accessed through the Luzerne County website at www.luzernecounty.org.

CRITICALCivil cases

Counsel and unrepresented parties must apply for and receive a username and password to access the Electronic Filing System.

To obtain access to the Electronic Filing System, counsel and any unrepresented party must apply for and receive a user name and password.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Legal papers

Electronic filing of legal papers through the Clerk of Judicial Records’ electronic filing system is permitted in civil cases, except matters filed exclusively with the Domestic Relations Section and Orphans’ Court matters; the rule also governs electronic service under the cited Pennsylvania rule.

(a)(1)(i) This Rule governs the permissive electronic filing of all legal papers with the Clerk of Judicial Records through its electronic filing system as well as the electronic service of papers under terms more specifically provided by the Pa. R.C.P. No. 205.4 . (ii) In the context of this rule, “legal papers” which may be filed electronically shall be those in all civil cases, not including those matters filed exclusively with the Domestic Relations Section of the Court, and Orphans’ Court matters.