Clark County Circuit Court, Wisconsin Electronic Filing Rules

Applies to

Original document for fax filing

A party who submits a document by fax must not submit the original for filing, and subsequently received duplicate papers will be discarded.

The party submitting a document by facsimile transmission shall NOT submit the original document for filing. The clerk of circuit court shall discard any duplicate papers subsequently received by the clerk of circuit court, assigned judge, or court commissioner. See § 801.16(2)(e).

Applies to

Specified documents

Fax filing is permitted only for specified no-fee documents, must be kept to a minimum and used only when necessitated by time constraints or special circumstances, and cannot substitute for timely e-filing; other documents require a case-specific judicial exception.

Preamble. Limited filing of documents with the Clerk of Circuit Court pursuant to Sec. 801.16, Stats., through the use of the plain-paper facsimile machine is permitted under these local rules. Facsimile filing shall be kept to a minimum and utilized only when necessitated by time constraints or other special circumstances. It shall not be used as a substitute for the timely filing of original documents through E-filing or as otherwise required/permitted by law. 301-A Limitation. Only the following documents that do not require a filing fee may be filed by facsimile transmission:  Not Guilty Pleas in TR, FO, JO and other non-mandatory appearance forfeiture matters, subject to the following limitations: o not to exceed 1 page in length o filed by a pro se non-represented person or entity, not an attorney  Payment Plan Requests in all case types for monies payable to the Clerk of Court’s Office or Juvenile Clerk of Court’s Office, subject to the following limitations: o not to exceed 1 page in length o filed by a pro se non-represented person or entity, not an attorney  Reports of Health Care Professionals/Examiners in GN, ME, JM, CI, CM, CT and CF cases. This exception does not include reports of employees of any Clark County Agency (such as Social Services, Community Services etc.)  Requests for Copies of Court Records, not to exceed 1 page in length No other documents or combination of documents shall be filed by facsimile unless the assigned judge or court commissioner (on a case-by-case basis) grants an exception, in writing or on the record in open court.