Ozaukee County Circuit Court, Wisconsin Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Applies to

Documents

Documents generally must be electronically filed with the clerk, subject to statutory exemptions and court permission.

All documents are to be electronically filed (except those exempt under Wis. Stats. §801.18) with the clerk of circuit court’s office at least forty-eight(48) hours prior to the hearing for consideration at that hearing unless otherwise permitted by the court. The seventy-two-hour time frame does not apply to local rule 502.2 and small claims matters.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Trial and hearing exhibits

Unless specifically ordered otherwise, parties and their attorneys must not electronically file trial or hearing exhibits; exhibits filed that way will be rejected.

Absent a specific order to the contrary, trial and hearing exhibits are not to be filed prior to any trial or hearing, and are not to be electronically filed by parties or their attorneys. Exhibits so filed will be rejected by the clerk.

WARNING

Applies to

Facsimile document

Facsimile filings may be accepted when the filer is a paper party, the document is no longer than ten pages excluding the cover sheet, and no filing fee is required.

Facsimile documents transmitted directly to the court shall be accepted for filing if: (1) The filer is a paper party. (2) The document does not exceed ten (10) pages in length, excluding cover sheet. Any document exceeding the ten (10) page limit will be refused for filing. (3) No filing fee is required.

WARNING

Applies to

Particular document

A judge assigned to the matter may authorize in advance a nonconforming filing if good cause is shown and the filing complies with Wis. Stat. §801.16.

A judge assigned to a particular matter may authorize in advance the filing of particular documents in that case which do not conform to these rules if good cause is shown and they are in conformance with section 801.16, Wis. Stats.