Skagit County Superior Court Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Negotiable instruments, exhibits, and trial notebooks are examples of items that must not be filed in the court file in either paper or electronic form.

Comments: Negotiable instruments, exhibits, and trial notebooks are examples of items that are not to be filed in the court file either in paper form or by e-filing.

CRITICAL

The listed documents must be filed in paper form rather than electronically.

Documents That Shall Not Be E-Filed. The following documents must be filed in paper form rather than e-filed: (A) Certified records of proceedings for purposes of appeal. (B) Documents of foreign governments under official seal including foreign and out of state adoption documents and judgments. (C) Administrative Law Review (ALR) Petitions. (D) Interpleader or Surplus Funds Petitions. (E) Documents presented for filing during a court hearing or trial including documents submitted for in-camera review. (F) New cases or fee-based documents filed with an Order to Waive Fees or in accordance with GR 34. (G) Original wills and codicils that do not conform to the Electronic Wills Act.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Other proposed orders

Proposed orders other than those related to CrR 3.5 and CrR 3.6 motions must be provided as hard copies in court on the criminal calendars or through the ex parte procedure.

All other proposed orders shall be provided as hard copies in court on the criminal calendars or using the ex parte procedure.

WARNING

Applies to

Proposed order

Proposed orders related to CrR 3.5 and CrR 3.6 motions may be submitted to Court Administration by hard copy or email at least two court days before the scheduled hearing.

Proposed orders related to motions under CrR 3.5 and CrR 3.6 may be submitted to Court Administration at least two (2) court days prior to the scheduled hearing either by delivering a hard copy or email.

INFO

Attorneys and self-represented litigants may electronically file documents using the Clerk’s online e-filing system, subject to the rule’s exceptions.

Attorneys and self-represented litigants may electronically file (e-file) all documents using the Clerk’s online e-filing system unless this rule provides otherwise.