Grant County Circuit Court, Wisconsin Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Documents intended for filing must be submitted on paper or faxed to the Clerk of Court.

Documents intended for filing must be submitted on paper or sent by fax to the Clerk of Court, as required by Wis. Stats. § 801.16(1).

CRITICAL

Fax filings must be sent to the official Grant County Clerk of Courts fax machine; faxes sent to other machines are not properly filed.

The Clerk of Courts for Grant County shall maintain the official facsimile machine and all documents filed by facsimile transmission shall be filed with the Clerk of Courts for Grant County. Documents sent by facsimile transmission to facsimile machines other than the Clerk of Court’s facsimile machine will not be accepted as being properly filed pursuant to this rule.

WARNING

For nonemergency filings when the filing or hearing deadline is more than 48 hours away, mailing is recommended instead of faxing.

If the deadline for filing or hearing isn’t within 48 hours, and it isn’t an emergency filing, those documents should be mailed and not sent by fax.

WARNING

Direct fax filings are accepted only if no filing fee is required and the court incurs no fee or charge for receiving them.

Pursuant to Wis. Stat. 801.16(2) as amended, facsimile documents transmitted directly to the Grant County Circuit Court shall be accepted for filing only if: A. No filing fee is required, and; B. No additional fee or charge must be paid by the circuit court for accepting or receiving the facsimile document.

WARNING

Email may be used to circulate drafts and coordinate agreements or scheduling, but any resulting final document must be submitted on paper through the clerk’s office.

E-mail is well-suited to arriving at agreement among a group of people. E-mail may be used to circulate draft agreements, arrive at a scheduling order, set a meeting date, etc. However, any final document arising from the process shall be submitted on paper via the clerk’s office.

WARNING

Fax documents routed through a non-court recipient for transmission to the court are accepted only if no filing fee is required and the court incurs no additional fee or charge.

Facsimile documents transmitted to a non-court agency, party, or other similar entity for reception and ultimate transmittal to the court shall be accepted for filing only if: A. No filing fee is required, and; B. No additional fee or charge must be paid by the circuit court for accepting or receiving the facsimile document.