Waukesha County Circuit Court Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

A fax sent through a non-court agency, party, or company for delivery to the Clerk is accepted only if it complies with this rule or is approved and certified as specified.

(2) Facsimile documents transmitted to a non-court agency, party, or company for the receipt, transmittal, and delivery to the Clerk of Circuit Court will be accepted for filing only if the transmission complies with this local rule or has been approved by the Court or court commissioner and certified by the transmitting party or attorney.

CRITICAL

The court will not accept filings by email.

The Court will NOT accept any filings by email.

CRITICALCivil cases

Unless the Court orders otherwise, paper filers must deliver proposed exhibits in hard copy by mail or in person at least 48 hours before trial.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all proposed exhibits must be received in hard copy form no later than 48 hours before the beginning of the trial via mail to Waukesha Clerk of Circuit Court, Civil Division, 515 W. Moreland Blvd, Waukesha, WI 53188, or in person at the Waukesha County Courthouse, 515 W. Moreland Blvd.

CRITICALCivil cases

The Clerk of Circuit Court does not accept filings sent by email.

The Clerk of Circuit Court does NOT accept filings sent by email.

CRITICAL

Unless the Court orders otherwise, mandatory and voluntary eFilers must eFile all exhibits through the File Exhibit link before the hearing.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all exhibits shall be eFiled prior to a hearing via the File Exhibit link in the Circuit Court eFiling system.

CRITICALCivil cases

Parties must comply with the cited statutes governing case filing and electronic filing, subject to exceptions in these rules.

Except as otherwise provided herein, parties must comply with Wis. Stat. §801.16 and §801.18 regarding case filing and electronic filing procedures.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Proposed exhibit

Proposed exhibits for hearings must be e-filed with the Clerk and made available by filing or by providing copies to the opposing side at least 2 business days beforehand.

For all matters scheduled for hearing, all proposed exhibits must be e-filed with the Clerk of Courts office and made available by such filing or by providing copies to the opposing side at least 2 business days in advance.

CRITICALCivil cases

Unless the Court orders otherwise, e-filers must submit proposed exhibits through the Circuit Court e-filing system’s File Exhibit link at least 48 hours before trial.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all proposed exhibits must be eFiled no later than 48 hours before the beginning of trial via the File Exhibit link in the Circuit Court eFiling system.

CRITICAL

Unless the court orders otherwise, e-filers must e-file proposed exhibits through the specified link at least 48 hours before trial begins.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all proposed exhibits must by eFiled no later than 48 hours before the beginning of trial via the “Pre-file hearing exhibit” link in the Circuit Court eFiling system.

CRITICAL

The Clerk of Circuit Court does not accept filings by email.

The Clerk of Circuit Court does NOT accept filings sent by email.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Proposed exhibits

Unless the Court orders otherwise, mandatory and voluntary e-filers must e-file proposed exhibits other than rebuttal or impeachment documents through the File Exhibit link by the morning of trial.

(1) Mandatory/Voluntary eFilers. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all proposed exhibits (other than documents used for rebuttal or impeachment) must be eFiled no later than the morning of trial via the File Exhibit link in the Circuit Court eFiling system.

CRITICAL

Attorneys must electronically file all filings.

Attorneys are required to eFile all filings.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Remote appearance request

For an in-person hearing, a request to appear by Zoom or telephone must be eFiled and granted unless a court official previously approved it on the record.

If the hearing is to be in person, a request to appear via zoom or telephone must be eFiled and granted by the Court, unless previously approved by a court official on the record.

WARNINGCivil cases

A facsimile filing is accepted only if the submitting party is neither a voluntary eFiler nor required to use the electronic filing system.

(a)       The party submitting the document to the Court is not a voluntary eFiler or an individual required to use the electronic filing system pursuant to Wis. Stat §801.18(3);

WARNING

Direct fax filing is available only to a party that is neither a voluntary eFiler nor required by statute to use electronic filing.

(a) The party submitting the document to the Court is not a voluntary eFiler or an individual required to use the electronic filing system pursuant to Wis. Stat §801.18(3);

WARNING

Direct fax filings are accepted only when all stated eligibility and submission conditions are met.

Facsimile documents transmitted directly to the Court will be accepted for filing only if all the following criteria are met:

WARNINGCivil cases

Direct fax filing is permitted only for a party who is neither a voluntary eFiler nor an individual required to e-file.

A facsimile document transmitted directly to the Court will be accepted for filing only if all the following criteria are met: (a) The party submitting the document to the Court is not a voluntary eFiler or an individual required to use the electronic filing system pursuant to Wis. Stat §801.18(3);

INFO

Self-represented litigants need not e-file, but are encouraged to do so if possible.

Pro se litigants are not required to eFile but are encouraged to eFile if possible.