Manitowoc County Circuit Court, Wisconsin Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

The Clerk accepts fax filings only when no filing fee is required and the document is no more than 15 pages, or the transmission has been approved by the assigned judge or court commissioner.

Facsimile documents transmitted for filing directly to the Clerk of Circuit Court shall be accepted for filing only if: (I) No filing fee is required to file the document. (2) The document docs not exceed 15 pages in length or the facsimile transmission has been approved by the assigned judge or court commissioner.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Court report

Unless otherwise approved by the Court, all court reports shall be in writing and include information as indicated in § 938.33 or § 48.33 and shall be completed and e-Hled with the co|rt as soon as possible before the hearing, but not less than two working days before the scheduled dispositional hearing, except, as stated in § 938.33, a court report may be presented orally where a fine is the only requested adjudication.

Unless otherwise approved by the Court, all court reports shall be in writing and include information as indicated in § 938.33 or § 48.33 and shall be completed and e-Hled with the co|rt as soon as possible before the hearing, but not less than two working days before the scheduled dispositional hearing, except, as stated in § 938.33, a court report may be presented orally where a fine is the only requested adjudication.

CRITICAL

Facsimile filings exceeding 15 pages require prior approval from the assigned judge or court commissioner, and the sender must certify that approval was obtained.

Prior approval must be obtained from the assigned judge or court commissioner for the facsimile transmission of documents exceeding 15 pages in length to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for filing, and the party or attorney transmitting the document shall certify that the assigned judge or court commissioner has approved the facsimile transmission.

CRITICAL

To be officially filed, a facsimile document must be sent directly to the Clerk of Circuit Court fax machine at (920) 683-2733.

A facsimile document must be transmitted directly tp the Clerk of Circuit Court fax machine at (920) 683-2733 to be considered officially filed. No exceptions.

WARNING

Applies to

Rent and damages list

The rent and damages list may be filed electronically.

A rent and damages list must be received in the Clerk of Court’s office (or E-Filed) not later than the close of business 5 days before the rent and damages hearing.

WARNING

A fax filing is the official record and may not be replaced; do not send the original or additional copies after faxing, because later duplicates will be discarded.

Pursuant to Wis. Slat. § 801.16(2)(c). facsimile documents Hied with the Clerk of Circuit Court arc the official record and may not be substituted. Do not follow up a fax transmittal with the original document. NO ADDITIONAL COPIES SHOULD HE SENT. ANY DUPLICATE PAPERS SUBSEQUENTLY RECEIVED WILL BE DISCARDED.

INFO

The court encourages limiting fax filings to matters involving a deadline or requiring immediate attention and advises that fax should not replace mailing.

To help maintain quality documents in our court record, we would encourage individuals to limit use of facsimile transmissions for filing documents to situations where there is a time deadline at issue or for situations requiring immediate attention by the court, facsimile transmissions should not become a substitute for mailing.

INFO

The listed attorney appearance, withdrawal, and end-of-representation filings may be submitted in writing or by e-filing.

An attorney appearing In any case shall file a notice of retainer, in writing or by e­ filing. with the Clerk of Court; B. An attorney withdrawing from a case shall submit either a stipulation and order to withdraw or an order for substitution, in writing or by c-filing. with the Clerk of Court; C. An attorney at the close of the case shall notily the Clerk of Court, in writing or by c-ftling, that he or she is no longer representing the client.