Electronic Filing Rules
5258 rules across 70 courts
Electronic filing rules determine whether a document must be filed through ECF, eFileIL, TrueFiling, a court portal, email, paper delivery, or another approved channel. State courts often layer statewide e-filing rules with local court orders, clerk instructions, division practices, and courtroom-specific exceptions. The channel matters because it can affect acceptance, service, payment, file format, courtesy copies, and the date a filing is treated as received.
Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami-Dade County
View all rules for FL-MIAMI-DADE-CIRCUIT.Cases must be calendared for hearing by scheduling through CourtMap.
For in-person trials, parties must not file any exhibits.
Proposed reports must be filed electronically with the General Magistrate's office through CourtMAP.
A copy of the motion, notice of hearing (with time requested) and any memo must be sent to the judge via CourtMAP simultaneously with e-filing and service, or the hearing will be rejected.
Litigants must sign up for courtMAP to submit proposed orders to the assigned judge.
When requesting Zoom conversion of a hearing, the moving party must upload the Order onto courtMAP.
All requests for audio recordings by attorneys of record, parties, and self-represented litigants must be submitted electronically via the 11th Judicial Circuit website.
All matters to be heard by the court must be filed with the Clerk of Court and Comptroller of Miami-Dade County (COCC).
Agreed orders must be submitted through courtMAP.
All supporting documents must be e-filed through the Florida E-Filing Portal with a filing stamp before being submitted through CourtMAP.
Parties must register for CourtMAP to submit emergency motions and proposed orders to the assigned judge.
All proposed orders, agreed orders, and supporting documents must be submitted to chambers via court MAP.
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
View all rules for CA-LOS-ANGELES-SUPERIOR.All trial documents must be filed electronically pursuant to the General Order re Mandatory Electronic Filing for Civil dated November 5, 2018.
Plaintiff must e-file the Notice of Settlement using Judicial Council Form CM-200, even if the case settled at a Judicial MSC.
All papers filed by represented litigants must be filed electronically unless the document is exempt from e-filing, per the operative General Order on Mandatory Electronic Filing for Civil.
Exhibits must be in Exhibit Notebooks, 5 copies submitted first day of trial; exhibits prohibited from e-filing.
All filings must be made electronically unless the party is a self-represented litigant or otherwise exempt, and documents may not be filed directly in the department.
Self-represented parties may e-file ex parte documents by 10:00 a.m. day before hearing, or bring documents to Clerk’s Office by 8:30 a.m. day of hearing with fee payment.
All parties represented by counsel must comply with Los Angeles Superior Court Local Rule 3.4 mandatory e-filing and its technical requirements.
The joint statement of issues for the IDC must be filed electronically on eCourt.
The plaintiff must eFile the Notice of Settlement using Judicial Council Form CM-200, even if the case settled at a Judicial MSC.
Oppositions to motions in limine must be electronically filed by represented parties; exempt parties may file printed paper copies directly in Department F43.
Stipulations and proposed orders/judgments must be filed electronically.
Plaintiffs must e-file Notice of Settlement using Judicial Council Form CM-200.
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Hillsborough County
View all rules for FL-THIRTEENTH-JUDICIAL-CIRCUIT.When deciding a matter on the papers, the movant must electronically file the motion and memoranda, upload them to JAWS, and email the judicial assistant the titles of the motions to be resolved.
Evidence of the State’s and probation officer’s agreement must be uploaded concurrently as an attachment or cover letter.
Motions must be filed through the e-portal or directly with the Clerk, and the Court will rule only on a filed written motion or an oral motion made in the Clerk’s presence.
Division A requires all orders to be uploaded through the E-Portal.
Proposed orders and judgments must be submitted digitally rather than physically sent to chambers unless the Court orders otherwise.
For a disputed order, each party must email a marked-up Word version of its proposed order to the Judicial Assistant.
A plea in absentia packet must be submitted through the Florida E-Portal and received before the hearing date.
After a firm trial date is established, counsel must prepare and submit a Uniform Order Setting Trial and Pretrial through the court Portal.
Agreed proposed orders and orders unopposed within five days must be submitted through the E-Filing Portal.
Division W is paperless, and orders for signature must be uploaded through the e-portal rather than submitted as hard copies.
Counsel requesting a competency evaluation must upload the resulting order to the court’s E-Portal work queue for signature.
Except for a legitimate emergency motion, a motion must be electronically filed with the clerk before the Judicial Assistant is contacted for a hearing date and time.
Central District of California
View all rules for CDCA.Filing party’s role must be entered in the “Party Role” field when filing an Application for Leave to File Under Seal.
When filing a sealed motion, the document upload screen must turn red to confirm the filing will be under seal; if it does not turn red, stop and restart the docketing process.
Complaints, charging documents, certain affidavits, concurrent documents, CVB matters, and matters subject to District Judge review must be filed in paper format.
Attorneys must electronically file sealed documents in public/non-sealed civil cases using CM/ECF.
Answers filed in state court must be refiled in federal court as a supplement to the Notice of Removal.
Sealed Declaration in Support must be filed via the ECF event path: Civil > Under Seal Filings > Under Seal Filing Events > Sealed Declaration in Support.
When e-filing sealed opposition with attachments, upload each via Attachments Browse button, select correct category from dropdown.
When e-filing a sealed document, select the filing party from the list of parties who have appeared in the case and click Next.
Requests to seal application, order, and documents require electronic filing of a NOTICE OF MANUAL FILING.
The attorney fee table must be attached to the motion and electronically filed.
Date and Time fields must be left blank when filing Application for Leave to File Under Seal as no hearing is required.
Attorneys must electronically file sealed documents in public/non-sealed civil cases using CM/ECF.
Circuit Court of Cook County
View all rules for IL-COOK-CIRCUIT.Except for emergency motions, all parties must file submissions electronically with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
The parties must supply a court reporter for trial and, after trial, must send the court transcript to the Calendar 53 e-mail address.
E-filing is mandatory in Illinois for all civil areas except Quasi Criminal, Housing, and Wills.
Post-trial motions must be filed in Odyssey before being emailed to Judge McKenna for consultation.
Petitions to approve settlement must be presented electronically via email to Calendar X with the unfiled petition and proposed order.
Motions to withdraw must be e-filed via Odyssey with supporting documentation and a proposed order.
Regular motions may be e-filed and submitted to the judge at any time with proper notice.
Agreed motions and orders may be filed by email or drop off instead of spindling through Odyssey.
No filing should be e-mailed or faxed to chambers.
If authorized, piggyback motions must be electronically filed after updating notice.
Routine motions are presented M-F 9:00am; in-person submissions are left in the designated bin in courtroom 2201.
Regular motions are heard M, Tu, Th, F 9:30am; spindled via Odyssey get 9:30am date. Properly served motions may piggyback on status calls at 10:00, 10:15, 10:45am; no spindling for those times.
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Palm Beach County
View all rules for FL-FIFTEENTH-JUDICIAL-CIRCUIT.Proposed orders must be submitted through the court's Online Services for review and processing.
All evidence and exhibits must be uploaded through the E-evidence feature in OLS.
To be excused from calendar call, the parties must confer, file the document in the docket, and email it to cad-divisionAG@pbcgov.org five days before calendar call.
A motion for temporary relief must be filed and docketed.
A self-represented litigant who elects electronic filing must comply with Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.525 and the procedures of the filing judicial circuit.
An agreed order must be submitted to the court through Online Services.
All hearing documents, including proposed orders, must be submitted through OLS no more than 48 hours before the hearing, or the hearing may not be heard.
An untimely response not provided to the Court through e-courtesy may be deemed waived.
A proposed order must not be uploaded more than once.
All documents filed in any court must be filed by electronic transmission.
Division IZ final judgments and orders emailed in Word format will be electronically signed and filed directly with the Clerk.
Orders submitted by email will be returned and must be submitted through the proper filing method.
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Broward County
View all rules for FL-BROWARD-CIRCUIT.The notice of change of plea must be e-filed with the Clerk's office.
Pro se litigants must file emergency motions in person in Room 2140; attorneys must e-file them.
Motions for rehearing/reconsideration must be e-filed and accepted by the Clerk within the time prescribed by rule, statute, or law.
The moving party's attorney must submit proposed and agreed orders through the corresponding CMS portal or request a hearing; the Clerk no longer presents orders without hearing, and this requirement does not apply to pro se parties.
Emergency motions must be filed with the Clerk and emailed to the division, and will not be addressed unless they are compliant ex parte motions or the other side is copied on the email.
A letter explaining unavailability for a unilaterally set hearing must be e-filed as correspondence.
Motions for rehearing/reconsideration must be e-filed and accepted by the Clerk's Office within the time prescribed by Rules, Statute, or Law.
Agreed motions must be filed via CMS as a supporting document with the Agreed Order or the order will be rejected.
Proposed orders must be submitted to the Division FV email, and the CMS workbench may be used only for agreed orders submitted with the motion and opposing counsel's written response/agreement attached.
Self-represented parties must file all requests with the Clerk of Court and deliver or email them to chambers.
Only agreed orders or orders relating to matters addressed at a prior hearing may be submitted electronically through CMS.
Emergency motions must first be e-filed as an Emergency, then copies provided by email or in person to the Judge's Office with copies to the opposing party.
Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
View all rules for CA-SAN-FRANCISCO-SUPERIOR.All documents filed in an asbestos case must be electronically filed and served on all parties as specified in the rule.
An ex parte application must be filed in Room 402 at the UFC court clerk’s office.
A Notice of Appeal may be filed in the Appeals Division Clerk’s Office or electronically through a court-approved vendor.
The moving party must electronically file the motion unless excluded by LRSF 2.11, in which case the motion must be filed in Room 103.
Represented parties filing an unlimited-jurisdiction default judgment packet must file it electronically.
The proof of service in an asbestos case must be electronically filed.
Plaintiffs must file the complaint and summons in paper, while the proof of service must be filed electronically.
The plaintiff must file the complaint and summons in paper form in an asbestos case.
Cases mandated to e-filing must be submitted electronically unless the filing party is self-represented.
All papers in Designated Cases must be filed electronically.
Original bank statements submitted for accounting in Designated Cases must be electronically filed.
For cases mandated to e-filing, the motion must be submitted electronically without a hearing date.
Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Orange and Osceola Counties
View all rules for FL-NINTH-JUDICIAL-CIRCUIT.All filings in the Civil Division must be made electronically under the cited Florida Supreme Court electronic-access standards.
If a case has a party not on ePortal, the order packet must be sent to chambers with sufficient copies and stamped, addressed envelopes for parties who will not receive e-service.
A trial brief must be submitted by email at least five business days before trial.
Motions to transfer a case to another division based on a related case must be submitted to the Administrative Judge by email.
The joint pretrial statement requires filing of the original with the clerk and delivery of one electronic copy to the judge.
An emergency-hearing motion must be delivered to the Court by hand or email before the hearing is set.
The motion and all documents needed to review a proposed order must be viewable in the clerk's system before the order is submitted.
Proposed orders must be submitted electronically by email in Word format to the judicial office.
Proposed orders and final judgments must be submitted to the court by email at 29orange@ninthcircuit.org.
A copy of the e-filed notice of cancellation must also be emailed to 22osceola@ninthcircuit.org.
All exhibits must be submitted electronically by email to the division email account.
Documents must be filed online through Orange County's filing portal.
Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa
View all rules for CA-CONTRA-COSTA-SUPERIOR.Facsimile filing under the pilot project is limited to initial juvenile dependency petitions; subsequent filings must use the regular filing process.
The identified documents may not be electronically filed and must be lodged in hard copy unless the Presiding Judge orders otherwise or an amended rule or standing order provides otherwise.
Direct facsimile transmission to the Court or Court Clerk is not provided for.
Subsequent filings in the covered juvenile matters must use the regular filing process rather than facsimile transmission.
The court will accept initial juvenile dependency petitions and accompanying documents by facsimile if satisfactory arrangements with the Department of Social Services are finalized.
Facsimile filing is permitted only for the limited documents and areas authorized by Rule 2.86; unauthorized facsimile transmissions will be rejected by the clerk.
Direct facsimile transmission to the court or court clerk is not authorized under this rule.
The documents identified in the Standing Order may not be electronically filed and must be filed or lodged in hard copy unless the Presiding Judge orders otherwise or an amended rule applies.
Represented parties in Designated Cases must electronically file documents and permit electronic service.
Represented parties in Designated Cases must electronically file documents and allow electronic service, except as otherwise provided by the rule.
In Designated Cases, represented parties must file documents electronically and allow service electronically.
Subject to satisfactory arrangements with the Department of Social Services, the court permits fax filing of initial dependency petitions and accompanying documents.
18th Judicial Circuit Court, DuPage County
View all rules for IL-DUPAGE-CIRCUIT.All civil case filings must be electronically filed using the statewide eFileIL system.
Pro se parties must register for e-filing using a valid credit card, debit card, or other valid electronic payment method.
Items that cannot be meaningfully e-filed—like sealed documents and physical exhibits—must be filed physically at the Clerk's Office or in the courtroom.
Summons with a required court date must be filed in a separate electronic transaction from the complaint, after the complaint is filed and assigned a case number and court location.
The filing party or attorney must confirm approval of all required signatories, including non-parties and unregistered persons.
All civil case filings must be made electronically beginning January 1, 2016.
Discovery documents (depositions, interrogatories, answers/responses and other discovery materials) generally must not be filed with the Clerk; filing is allowed only when the Court orders it, the filing is necessary to resolve a dispute, or Supreme Court Rule 207 requires it, and the rule does not apply to requests to admit facts.
Attorneys must register with an approved e-filing vendor and provide their DuPage attorney registration ID on filings; pro se parties register using a credit/debit card or other valid electronic payment method.
Original signatures of non-electronic filers must be obtained before the document is filed.
Commencing January 1, 2016, all civil case fillings must be made electronically.
All fillings in civil cases must be made electronically beginning January 1, 2016.
The filing party must retain the original document for one year after the judgment becomes final.
Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Clay, Duval and Nassau Counties
View all rules for FL-FOURTH-JUDICIAL-CIRCUIT.Proposed orders must be submitted through the E-Portal, with copies provided to all parties.
Urgent orders may be sent by email to the Judicial Assistant, and the email must include a subject line stating the case number, case name, and reason for the email.
When all parties use the e-Portal, the proposed order must be submitted through the Florida Courts e-Portal.
An order admitting an original will and any simultaneous orders must be mailed or hand-delivered to the clerk and must not be emailed.
The jury trial set memorandum must be fully completed, identify the desired mediator and trial date, and be emailed to the judge’s judicial assistant with the motion to set trial.
Proposed orders must be submitted through the E-Portal, with copies provided to all parties.
Proposed orders must be submitted through the court’s E-Portal with copies provided to all parties.
The petition checklist must be completed and filed electronically with the petition.
An unrepresented party that has not already done so must promptly file an email-address designation with the Clerk of Court and register for email service through the Florida Court’s E-filing Portal.
Submission materials of 25 pages or fewer should be emailed for Zoom hearings.
The petition or motion must be filed through the clerk and docketed before the proposed order is submitted directly to the court.
Proposed orders and judgments generally must be submitted through the court portal, but the three stated exceptions may be emailed to the judicial assistant.
Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan, Oakland County
View all rules for MI-OAKLAND-CIRCUIT.Chambers does not accept original documents for filing by fax, mail, or email.
Motions for rehearing or reconsideration must be electronically filed with the Court, and a copy must be emailed to chambers.
Nearly all of Judge Warren's civil cases are required to be filed electronically.
Cases filed before 2015 must be converted to e-file cases by contacting the Oakland County Clerk’s Office.
The stipulated order must be electronically filed and Lena Essak must be notified.
Consent judgments must be submitted electronically through MiFILE at least three days before the statutory-proof appearance.
A Praecipe must be submitted through the e-praecipe system for a motion to be heard and for a court date to be scheduled.
An emergency motion must be a written motion stating good cause and electronically filed.
Stipulations and proposed orders in domestic matters must be filed electronically.
Except for the specified same-day settlement procedure, parties must electronically file final judgment documents signed by the parties and counsel where applicable.
An emergency motion must be filed with the County Clerk and a copy delivered directly to chambers and presented to a judge’s clerk.
A motion for reconsideration must be filed through MiFILE, with an emailed copy sent to Judge McDonald’s staff attorney and chambers.
Superior Court of Fulton County
View all rules for GA-FULTON-SUPERIOR.Exhibits must be scanned individually and emailed to the court reporter due to eFileGa size limits.
Motions in limine must also be emailed to the Staff Attorney with all counsel copied.
Court reporters must e-file transcripts and accompanying exhibits; due to eFileGa size limits exhibits are scanned individually and emailed, and oversized or non-paper exhibits may be submitted as a digital photograph.
E-filing is mandatory for all civil cases except specified case types and pleadings.
Non-conforming materials must be filed manually with the Clerk, and the filing party must e-file a Notice of Manual Filing to be docketed in the case management system.
All documents must be filed electronically through eFileGA, and the Clerk will not accept paper filings except as provided in this Order.
Exhibits and exhibit lists must be emailed to the Staff Attorney with all counsel copied.
Parties must e-file subsequent pleadings and discovery via eFileGA; discovery may be attached as exhibits or e-filed separately.
All transcripts and accompanying exhibits must be e-filed by the court reporter.
Every attorney of record and every pro se litigant must register with the Court's e-filing system at www.efilega.com.
Proposed verdict forms must be submitted via e-mail to Ms. Candler.
Paper filing is prohibited except for incarcerated individuals without legal representation.
Southern District of New York
View all rules for SDNY.Default judgment supporting documents (affidavit/declaration per LCVR 55.2(a)(1), attorney’s affidavit, proposed Statement of Damages, proposed default judgment) must each be electronically filed as separate ECF Filing Events.
Unlisted motions must be filed via ECF with memorandum of law; listed Text Only motions may not be submitted via mail or fax.
Letter motions must be filed on ECF in accordance with the S.D.N.Y. Local Rules.
TRO and emergency-relief applications must be emailed to the Court in text-searchable PDF format.
Except as otherwise provided, all communications with the Court must be by letter filed electronically on ECF.
All attorneys must register promptly as ECF filers and enter an appearance in the case.
Each party must electronically file proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law via ECF at the time the joint pretrial order is filed.
Parties must electronically file the joint pretrial order via ECF.
Motions for sealed or redacted filings must be electronically filed via the court’s ECF system per applicable rules and orders.
Discovery dispute letter-motions must be filed on ECF.
Documentary exhibits and demonstratives must not be filed on ECF; they are submitted to the Court and served on opposing counsel.
Parties must obtain leave to submit audio, video, or unfilable materials to Chambers, and may not use CD-ROM, thumb drive, or electronic transmission unless authorized.
King County Superior Court
View all rules for WA-KING-SUPERIOR.Working copies of motions and declarations must be submitted via the e-filing portal or delivered to the Judges' Mailing Room (C-203); email and courtroom delivery are not accepted.
Working copies of pleadings may not be submitted by email unless prior authorization is obtained.
Department 32 is a paperless court and all working copies must be submitted through the e-working copies application.
Attorneys must e-file most documents and promptly register to accept e-service via the Clerk's eFiling application unless a waiver is obtained.
Working copies may not be submitted by email unless the party has prior authorization from the Court.
Working copies may not be submitted via email unless prior authorization is obtained.
Working papers may not be submitted by email or delivered to the courtroom unless the Court gives permission.
Working copies may not be submitted to the Court via email.
Supreme Court certifications must be filed with the King County Superior Court Clerk's Office under the annual case number, which is 26-0-12055-5 for 2026.
The witness examination estimate form must not be filed with the Clerk's Office; it is submitted directly to the bailiff by email instead.
Department 9 requests receipt of all civil working copies via eWorking Copies.
Motions must be filed via KC SCRIPT.
Florida 5 Judicial Circuit (Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, Sumter)
View all rules for FL-FIFTH-JUDICIAL-CIRCUIT.Parties must send proposed orders to the Judicial Assistant by US Mail only; orders sent by email will not be accepted.
Parties must use the 5th Circuit website's Hernando/Judges/Scaglione pleading link to submit pleadings.
All proposed orders must be submitted electronically by email, and paper orders must not be sent to the court.
Filings should be paperless, and paper or U.S. Mail submission is prohibited unless absolutely necessary and approved in advance.
After the motion and supporting documents are docketed, the proposed order must be uploaded to the Judiciary through the Court's e-filing portal.
Case law shorter than 15 pages must be submitted to the Judicial Assistant by email.
Proposed orders must be submitted by email using Word software.
Proposed orders may not be submitted through the Florida Courts E-portal at this time.
All requests for relief must be electronically filed with the clerk and followed by a mailed courtesy copy to the presiding judge.
All documents must be filed with the Clerk rather than the Judge.
Proposed orders may not be submitted through the court's electronic filing portal.
The court does not accept paper evidence at trials or hearings.
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
View all rules for PA-PHILADELPHIA-COMMON-PLEAS.Parties must electronically file all legal papers through the Civil Trial Division's Electronic Filing System commencing January 5, 2009.
For all accounts, counsel must electronically file, contemporaneously with the account, a specified set of papers including the filing checklist, petition, settlement and compensation agreements, income accounting waiver, tax receipt, and notice statement.
Attorneys must establish an account with Username, Password, PIN, and email to use the Criminal Electronic Filing System.
Counsel must electronically file specific foreign-fiduciary documents with an account when a share of the estate is distributable to a foreign fiduciary.
All legal papers in civil mental health matters under the Mental Health Procedures Act must be filed electronically with the Office of Judicial Records unless the subsection (B) exception applies.
Electronic filings in the Criminal Electronic Filing System may be submitted through www.philacourts.us in accordance with the filing instructions in the rule and posted on the site.
Electronic filing is authorized in Philadelphia County criminal cases for all legal papers, with express exclusions that must remain on paper until e-filing protocols are adopted.
Electronic filings may be submitted through the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania website beginning April 1, 2013.
Other Motions for Allowance must be filed with the Office of Judicial Records, decided by the Motion Court Judge unless the original Judge retained jurisdiction, and are exempt from Motion Court filing requirements under Rule *208.3(b)(3).
All parties must file all legal papers with the Clerk electronically.
Notices of Appeal and Motions/Petition for Discovery may not be filed electronically.
The Affidavit of Compliance must be filed electronically, either with the Office of Judicial Records or the Clerk of the Orphans' Court Division.
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara
View all rules for CA-SANTA-CLARA-SUPERIOR.Parties filing electronically must use one of the court's approved electronic filing service providers, with procedures available on the court's website.
DFCS must e-file an Application and Order requesting the court order the child returned to the parent on a Family Maintenance plan.
The Declaration and Application for Order must be submitted to the courtroom clerk in the Juvenile Department where the action would normally be heard, or eFiled per Rule 6.
When no party objects to immediate return, DFCS must e-file an Application and Order requesting the court order the child returned to the parent.
Attorneys must file ex parte documents by electronic filing; self-represented parties may e-file or submit in person to the Probate Filing Office.
adopting mandatory electronic filing will eliminate the need to scan into the Odyssey case management system all of the documents currently filed in civil matters in Santa Clara
Self-represented litigant applications for ex parte, emergency, or domestic violence restraining orders must comply with Local Family Rule 5 and be submitted via the FJCC drop box or e-filing.
Habeas corpus petitions must be filed by personal delivery, direct fax, or email in the Probate Clerk's Office.
Attorney applications for ex parte or emergency orders, or domestic violence restraining orders in Family Law matters must be submitted to the Court through e-filing.
Ex parte applications must be e-filed by counsel and parties with e-filing access; self-represented litigants may file in paper form via the DTS dropbox.
The Judges ADR Program application must be e-filed and approved by the Civil Supervising Judge.
Certain ex parte applications (judgment by stipulation, stay of eviction) must be presented in person to the clerk's office, while all other ex parte applications must be submitted electronically.
Franklin County Court of Common Pleas
View all rules for OH-FRANKLIN-COMMON-PLEAS.All continuance or case-schedule amendment requests must be made by written motion and e-filed with the Clerk of Courts.
Deposition transcripts reasonably believed to be needed as evidence must be filed electronically.
The e-Filing System will not provide system credentials to a declared vexatious litigant.
Electronic filing became mandatory for all foreclosure case types on October 5, 2011.
Electronic motions for continuance are not accepted.
When a filer-end problem prevents electronic filing, the filer must submit a PDF through the Clerk’s public-access computer stations.
The required proposed entry must be uploaded through the e-filing system.
Electronically filed documents must substantially comply with the Local Rules and the current Administrative Order, and the filing party or counsel is responsible for obtaining and complying with the current version.
The Court must electronically issue, file, and serve Court-created notices, decisions, orders, and other documents in e-File cases.
All filings after initiation of a mandatory e-File appeal must be filed electronically.
The default-judgment entry must be submitted to the court by e-filing, after service on all appearing or defending parties at least ten business days earlier.
A represented party must promptly authorize counsel to electronically file, serve, receive, review, and retrieve case documents.
Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee Counties
View all rules for FL-TWENTIETH-JUDICIAL-CIRCUIT.Counsel must bring paper exhibit copies for in-person proceedings and file electronic exhibit copies for remote evidentiary hearings; the Clerk also requires a paper copy.
All proposed orders and their cover letters must be submitted through the Florida Courts E-Portal.
When e-filing a proposed order, the filer must select “Proposed Documents” so the order is routed to the court.
The checklist, orders, and letters may not be submitted until all required documents have been posted in Odyssey.
The filer must select “Proposed Documents” when e-filing a proposed order so it is routed appropriately.
Proposed orders must be submitted through the E-Portal, except final judgments of foreclosure, which must be mailed to Judge Brodie with copies and stamped envelopes for the parties.
A proposed order must not be emailed to the court and also submitted as a hard copy by mail or through the E-portal.
The Report and Recommendations and Order on Report must be emailed to the magistrate.
Documents requiring the magistrate's signature must be emailed to cha-magistrate@CA.CJIS20.ORG.
Pretrial conference orders must be submitted through the Florida Courts E-Portal.
The agreed court-ordered case management plan and order must be submitted through the E-Filing Portal and include a cover letter to Civil Case Management.
Proposed orders must be submitted through the Florida Courts E-Portal.
Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo
View all rules for CA-SAN-MATEO-SUPERIOR.All documents in Complex Civil actions must be filed electronically except the original documents identified in paragraph 8.
All pleadings must be emailed to Department 11 at the stated address on the date they are filed.
The proposed motions in limine, witness list, and exhibit list served 42 days before the Pretrial Conference must not be filed at that time.
The parties must electronically file a Joint Pretrial Conference Statement at least 14 days before the Pretrial Conference.
Except for self-represented litigants, electronic filing is mandatory in all Unlawful Detainer actions.
Proposed orders must be submitted electronically through the Clerk’s Office with the information required by California Rule of Court 3.1312.
Represented parties must have the separate regular-conservator petition e-filed and accepted before filing for temporary conservatorship, while self-represented parties may present both sets at the clerk’s office.
Paper copies of ex parte documents are required, while emailing those documents to the hearing department is encouraged.
Except for self-represented litigants, electronic filing is mandatory in all Family Code and Probate Code actions or proceedings.
The moving papers for a remote ex parte appearance must be submitted to the assigned judge in paper form.
The parties must email the proposed jury instructions, verdict forms, jury questionnaire, statement of the case, and proposed orders to the Court.
All papers, including pleadings, motions, applications, and briefs, must be filed in compliance with the cited local rules unless exempted by statute or rule.
Superior Court of California, County of Orange
View all rules for CA-ORANGE-SUPERIOR.Oppositions to ex parte applications must be e-filed by 12:00 p.m. day of hearing.
All ex parte papers must be e-filed by 11:00 a.m. on the court day before the ex parte hearing.
All ex parte papers, including the proposed order, must be e-filed by 3:00 p.m. the business day before the hearing.
Ex parte applications must be electronically filed by 12:00 PM the day before the hearing.
Counsel must e-file the Joint Witness List and include a copy in the court's trial notebook.
Parties must e-file a joint notice in table format identifying each designated portion of deposition testimony by page and line number and any objections.
All documents lodged with the court must be e-filed; physical copies are not accepted for the department.
All ex parte papers must be e-filed no later than 3:00 p.m. business day before hearing.
Ex parte applications must be filed electronically.
Unless the court orders otherwise, the Proposed Judgment must be e-filed within 7 calendar days of the verdict.
Proposed preliminary instructions must be e-filed and a copy provided to the court before jury selection concludes.
All trial exhibits, including impeachment exhibits, must be uploaded using the Electronic Evidence Portal unless the Court grants an exception in advance.
Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County
View all rules for NV-CLARK-DISTRICT.Default judgments of $50,000 or more cannot be submitted via the department inbox and must be set on the Department's regular motion calendar.
Proposed orders must be submitted electronically in both PDF and Word versions to the Department 14 inbox at DC14Inbox@clarkcountycourts.us.
Proposed orders must be submitted electronically to the department inbox (DC18Inbox@clarkcountycourts.us) pursuant to EDCR 7.21.
Orders must be e-mailed to DC22Inbox@clarkcountycourts.us in both Word and PDF format with a subject line identifying the full case number, filing code, and case caption, and the e-mail body must be left blank because the inbox solely routes orders to a Court app.
All orders must be submitted electronically to DC8Inbox@clarkcountycourts.us, and the email must contain no argument or communication because the department inbox is unmonitored.
Proposed orders for minor's compromise petitions must be emailed to the Department's Order Inbox at DC25Inbox@clarkcountycourts.us.
Motions to seal/redact and the potentially protected information must be filed in paper at the clerk's office front counter during regular business hours.
Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law must be emailed for the Court's review to the law clerk at dept05LC@clarkcountycourts.us and the JEA at Mosert@clarkcountycourts.us.
Proposed orders must be submitted by email to the Department 31 inbox (dc31inbox@clarkcountycourts.us).
Exhibits must be electronically uploaded by emailing FCEvidence@ClarkCountyCourts.us at least five days before the evidentiary hearing, trial, or motion date.
Parties must not individually file each exhibit into the case; exhibits are provided via courtroom copies and the FCEvidence email upload instead.
Exhibits not included on the proffered electronic storage device will not be accepted electronically absent good cause.
Jackson County Circuit Court
View all rules for MO-JACKSON-CIRCUIT.Documents and information needed to clear auditor exceptions must be filed electronically.
The Request for Final Court Costs Estimate form must be electronically filed at least two weeks before the final settlement.
The final cost calculation form must be e-filed with the Court using the proper form.
Self-represented litigants may submit the filing in person, by email, fax, or postal mail.
All proposed orders and judgments must be delivered electronically by email to the Division Law Clerk.
The final court cost estimate form must be completed and filed electronically with the court, and any costs due must be paid.
The attorney must electronically file the properly executed return of commission with the court.
Proof of service must be filed electronically by the deadline seven days before the hearing.
An application for the single permitted inventory-filing extension must be filed electronically.
Every continuance motion must be filed electronically, with a courtesy copy e-mailed to Division 13 and the Law Clerk.
All parties must electronically file their Proposed Judgment and email a Word-format copy to the Division 8 Law Clerk no later than one day before trial.
Attorneys should electronically file applications under § 473.090 to refuse letters for a spouse and/or minor children.
Northern District of California
View all rules for NDCA.Parties must file proposed supplemental juror questions on the docket and also submit a Microsoft Word compatible version to rflpo@cand.uscourts.gov.
All pretrial filings in criminal cases must be submitted to the San Francisco Clerk's Office.
Jury materials must be filed in hard copy and emailed in word processing format to BLFpo@cand.uscourts.gov.
All pretrial filings must be uploaded to the Box.com link provided by the Courtroom Deputy.
Proposed orders on sealing requests must be filed electronically and emailed to the Court’s proposed order inbox.
Joint Pretrial Statement must be filed in ECF.
Specified pretrial documents must be submitted via email to the provided address with no paper copies required.
Proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law must be emailed to vcpo@cand.uscourts.gov in Word format in addition to regular filing.
Discovery dispute statements must be filed in ECF under the specified Civil Events category.
Confidential Settlement Statements must not be filed with the Court clerk, either manually or via ECF.
Proposed jury questionnaire questions must be filed on the docket and a Word version emailed 21 days before the pretrial conference.
Continuance requests must be filed electronically on ECF.
Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento
View all rules for CA-SACRAMENTO-SUPERIOR.Traffic infractions, small claims, and unlawful detainers are reassigned to the Carol Miller Justice Center in Sacramento.
A plaintiff's written election to arbitrate must be filed according to the procedures on the Court's website.
Electronic signatures are not accepted on documents filed by non-electronic means (except for local child support agency filings under Family Code § 17400); documents not filed by fax or electronically must include original signatures.
Objections to arbitration in limited civil cases must be submitted per the procedures on the Court's website.
Stipulations for arbitration must be filed according to the procedures on the Court's website.
A document is duly filed only when it is both electronically submitted to the court and accepted for filing by the court.
When proceeds of a judgment or compromise for a minor or incompetent are to be placed in a trust or California Uniform Transfer to Minors Act account, the plaintiff must file a petition set in the Probate Department for a hearing on the proposed disposition, and the compromise must be approved before referral to the Probate Department.
Only compliant digital signatures are accepted; no other form of electronic signature will be accepted.
Limited Civil matters and post-disposition misdemeanor and traffic cases are reassigned to the Gordon D. Schaber Courthouse in downtown Sacramento.
When e-filing an SB 549 complaint, the plaintiff must select the case type 'Unlimited Civil - Tribal Nations Access to Justice Act (SB 549)' or processing will be delayed.
All filings must be submitted via e-Filing, at the Civil Filing Counter, or in the Gordon D. Schaber Civil Drop Box.
Represented parties may apply for an e-filing exemption based on undue hardship or significant prejudice, but inability to pay e-filing fees does not qualify.
Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas
View all rules for PA-ALLEGHENY-COMMON-PLEAS.Beginning November 13, 2023, all legal papers must be filed through the DCR electronic filing system unless an exception or court order applies.
The condemnor must electronically file a declaration of taking identifying each affected property by owner name and address and by Lot and Block number.
All legal papers and exhibits must be filed through the DCR electronic filing system available on the DCR website.
All petitions to strike or open a default judgment or judgment of non-pros must be filed electronically under Local Rule 205.4.
The original motion must be electronically filed with the Department of Court Records under Local Rule 205.4.
When property ownership changes during an appeal under Local Rules 503 or 504, the property owner of record must electronically file a FORM 502.1 notice with the Department of Court Records, Civil/Family Division.
A copy of the motion must be emailed to the court at the two listed email addresses.
Interested parties aligned with either the petitioner or respondents must electronically file and distribute a pre-trial statement under the applicable aligned-party subsection.
Shared files, Dropbox transfers, and outside links are prohibited as submission methods to the Court.
Every motion must be filed with the Department of Court Records before presentation; emailing the motion to chambers does not constitute filing.
The objecting party must electronically file the required Notice That Matter is Ripe for Decision after the opposition-brief filing date has passed.
Uncontested asbestos motions and argued general asbestos motions must be submitted by email at least two days before presentation.
Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Pasco and Pinellas Counties
View all rules for FL-SIXTH-JUDICIAL-CIRCUIT.Agreed-upon orders must be submitted exclusively through JAWS in PDF format.
All necessary documents for hearings must be filed electronically.
Plaintiff's counsel is responsible for uploading the proposed trial order to JAWS.
An agreed Case Management Order must be submitted through JAWS for judicial review.
Orders changing, canceling, or scheduling dates must not be uploaded without prior written confirmation from the Judicial Assistant.
A Notice of Hearing may not be electronically filed or emailed to the Judicial Assistant until the hearing request has been approved and scheduled in JAWS.
A Foreclosure Summary Final Judgment may not be submitted through JAWS.
An order for a Senior Judge who presided during Judge Andrews’s absence must be mailed to that Senior Judge for signature.
Foreclosure final judgments must be submitted in hard copy by 4:00 p.m. on the Thursday before the hearing.
Orders must be submitted electronically through JAWS.
The proposed Pre-Trial Conference Order must be submitted to the court by U.S. Mail or courier and by email attachment at least three business days before the conference.
When any party is pro se, the Case Management Order must be submitted in hard copy with conforming copies and self-addressed stamped envelopes.
Northern District of Illinois
View all rules for NDIL.For emergency filings, the filer must bring the paper document to the court.
E-Filers must file all documents electronically unless this General Order or the court permits otherwise.
Parties, through their attorneys, must e-file the ADR certification with the court unless otherwise ordered.
If a settlement is reached in mediation, the mediator assists the parties in drafting a settlement agreement and stipulation to dismiss within the same 14 days, and the executed documents must be electronically filed with the court.
The letter of complaint and accompanying declaration must not be filed in the case.
Settlement letters are prohibited from being filed with the Clerk’s Office, are not part of the court record, and are not admissible as evidence.
All petitions, motions, memoranda of law, and other pleadings or documents in ECF-assigned cases filed after September 30, 2005 must be filed electronically.
Charging documents, arrest warrants and summons, defendant-signature documents, sealed complaints, bonds, letters of request, and other designated or court-ordered documents must not be filed electronically.
Electronic filing does not override local-rule page limitations: pages of electronic documents must substantially comply with LR 5.2, and absent leave of court the LR 7.1 page limitations apply to briefs filed in electronic form.
In ECF cases, documents requiring signatures of more than one party must be e-filed by scanned signatures, represented consent of the other parties, a notice of endorsement filed no later than three court days after filing, or another court-approved manner.
Settlement correspondence must not be filed in the Clerk's Office or on the CM/ECF system.
The Clerk's procedures may not provide for maintaining electronic versions of in camera documents unless the Clerk specifically determines the current version of ECF has adequate security protections.
Third Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan
View all rules for MI-WAYNE-CIRCUIT.Counsel must email the proposed joint jury instructions and verdict form in Word Document Format to lisa.damphousse@3rdcc.org.
A Re-Notice of Hearing must be e-filed, and hard copies of responses and replies are also required.
Counsel must e-file the joint final pretrial order and also email a copy to the judicial attorney.
All objections must be filed with the Court and emailed to JudgeAbraham-Court with the Courtroom Clerk carbon copied.
All motions, including emergency motions and default judgment requests, must be filed with the Wayne County Clerk's Office per the Family Domestic Filing Instructions.
Proposed orders and objections must be emailed to chambers and must not be filed with the clerk's office, which will reject them.
Motions must be praeciped through the ePraecipe portal for the court to address them.
The courtroom is paperless and accepts only electronic copies of orders, Judge's copies, exhibits, and similar items unless stated otherwise.
Emergency motions may be filed electronically.
Emergency motions may be e-filed.
Submit praecipe through the court website after filing is entered.
Final documents and orders must be submitted to the Courtroom email rather than filed.
Southern District of Texas
View all rules for SDTX.Electronic filings must comply with the Administrative Procedures for Electronic Filing in Civil and Criminal Cases.
For proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law, counsel must e-file the originals, provide hard copies to the Case Manager, and email the Word version to the Case Manager.
Exhibits must be marked with party name, case number, and exhibit number; exchanged between counsel; and filed electronically by the JPO deadline.
Initial disclosures must not be filed with the court.
Each party must enter its exhibits on the Court's ECF system.
Conventional (paper) filing of documents greater than 25 pages requires leave of court, and such documents should be filed electronically when possible.
Parties are expected to file documents through the CM/ECF electronic filing system per Local Rule 5.1 and Administrative Procedures for CM/ECF.
Applications for immediate relief must be filed electronically through CM/ECF.
Exhibits must be filed on the court CM/ECF electronic filing system.
All parties must file documents electronically through the CM/ECF system per Local Rule 5.1.
All case-related letters to the Court must be filed electronically via CM/ECF.
Parties must file copies of all letters sent to the Court.
Collin County District Courts
View all rules for TX-COLLIN-DISTRICT.If several attempts to agree on a trial date fail, electronically file a proposed scheduling order accompanied by a letter describing the conferral efforts.
Attorneys must e-file requests for ex parte relief electronically and need not appear in person at the courthouse.
Juvenile pay sheets must be submitted by email to the court-designated email address.
Proposed orders in criminal cases must be e-filed during the week of the hearing and at least 24 hours before the hearing.
The Court's form Scheduling Order, including the trial date and mediation details, must be filed electronically.
The notice of court proceeding with the agreed date must be e-filed.
To set a civil trial, e-file the court's Scheduling Order with the trial date and mediation details completed.
Every electronic filing must comply with Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 21 and all other applicable electronic-filing rules and standards.
Evidence may be submitted through the Dropbox folder shared with the court, probation, and attorneys.
Voluminous remote-hearing exhibits may be uploaded to the Court's Dropbox account, with Court Coordinator Amy Munger providing the link.
Shelby County Circuit Court, Tennessee
View all rules for TN-SHELBY-CIRCUIT.Counsel and pro se litigants using electronic filing must agree to the website's Terms of Use and comply with the E-Filing Rules in Appendix 3.
Only consent orders may be submitted electronically to the Division 3 email address.
The Circuit Court and Chancery Court of Tennessee for the Thirtieth Judicial District at Memphis adopt electronic filing, and electronically filed pleadings and other papers are treated as written papers.
Faxed documents are not included in the Court's electronic filing process.
Documents filed through E-Filing in new cases are validly filed, except where the E-Filing Rules expressly provide otherwise.
Temporary alimony and child-support motions may not be mailed to the Clerk.
An authorized user who wishes to file documents electronically must register as an E-Filer on the E-Filing website.
An order may be submitted either by email to the Division IX address or by placement in the Division IX Orders Box in Room 208.
E-Filers must immediately update their E-Filing profile after specified contact or firm information changes.
Electronic filing is strongly encouraged, and documents that may be traditionally filed may generally be electronically filed unless excluded by the Court or Clerk.
A public access terminal in the Clerk’s Office permits electronic filing and viewing of public electronic court records during normal business hours.
The Circuit Court of Tennessee for the Thirtieth Judicial District permits electronic filing of pleadings and other papers, which have the same legal status as written papers.
Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County
View all rules for DE-NEW-CASTLE-SUPERIOR.The original case dispositive motion and response must be electronically filed, with two courtesy copies delivered to chambers.
Administrative emails are not docketed; substantive emails must be docketed by the sending party and may be sent only with Judge Lugg’s approval or in exigent circumstances.
A case-dispositive or Daubert motion must be e-filed with one courtesy copy, including its exhibits, delivered to chambers.
Counsel must also file the jury instructions by email to Alicia Maxwell in WORD format.
The original dispositive motion, response, and reply should be electronically filed with one courtesy copy promptly delivered to chambers.
A case-dispositive motion must be electronically filed, with one courtesy copy and its exhibits delivered to Judge Davis's chambers.
Motions must be electronically filed in the assigned case, with one courtesy copy provided to the assigned judge.
Every response to a routine motion must be electronically filed no later than four days before the noticed hearing date.
The original motion, response, and reply should be electronically filed, with one courtesy copy promptly delivered to chambers.
Letters to Judge Lugg must be electronically docketed and emailed as docketed copies to chambers staff, but courtesy hard copies are not needed.
Documents must generally be filed and served under the governing Delaware e-filing procedures, while specified discovery requests and responses must be served electronically through LEXIS/NEXIS, excluding the actual document production.
The proposed-order filing must be linked to the documents to which the order refers or applies.
Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County
View all rules for AZ-MARICOPA-SUPERIOR.Attorneys must use Case Center to manage trial exhibits.
Motions must be filed at the clerk's counter.
All motions must be e-filed.
Motions must be e-filed and include a Word format proposed order without the word 'Proposed' in the filename.
Original pleadings must be filed with the Court with copies to opposing counsel and probation; copies may be mailed, dropped off, or faxed because e-filing does not deliver motions to chambers.
All exhibits must be submitted through Case Center, and each party must register at digitalevidence.azcourts.gov.
Emailing documents to the judicial assistant does not replace filing; all documents must still be filed through the normal electronic filing process.
All pleadings must be e-filed.
This division does not use e-filing; hard copies of all pleadings must be delivered to the division mailbox at the courthouse or mailed to the division.
All exhibits must be marked electronically through Case Center, except for self-represented litigants.
All pleadings must be filed electronically.
All trial exhibits must be submitted electronically through Case Center, whose automatic exhibit numbers are used for the official record.
Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division
View all rules for OH-CUYAHOGA-COMMON-PLEAS.Only one captioned document may be included as the filing in each e-filing, although attachments may be included.
Counsel must submit every entry of appearance in writing through electronic filing.
Pro se litigants must electronically file motions and responses through the e-filing system.
Attorneys must use the court's E-Filing system except in the expressly designated non-E-File case types.
The submitting party must electronically file a notice identifying documents submitted for in camera review.
The motion to seal and its service must be electronic, while sealed documents must be filed in paper unless the court directs otherwise.
Documents may not be filed by fax; electronic filings must use the method specified in the court's e-filing rule.
Party-signed proposed orders and agreed judgment entries requiring judicial signature should not be docketed as ordinary filings and must use the designated proposed-entry submission process or paper format.
The clerk must notify the e-filer by email of a successful submission.
Proposed orders and party-signed agreed judgment entries requiring judicial signature should be submitted through the proposed-submission or proposed-agreed-entry icons, or filed in paper format, rather than docketed as ordinary filings.
Indictments and criminal complaints may be submitted through the Justice Matters portal without being E-Filed.
A properly filed revision supersedes and withdraws the original, which the court will not consider.
Superior Court of California, County of Kern
View all rules for CA-KERN-SUPERIOR.Documents must be filed through an EFSP listed on the Kern Superior Court website.
Documents filed through SharePoint in juvenile justice matters are subject to statutory and California Rules of Court confidentiality requirements.
Beginning August 25, 2025, only paper filings will be accepted, except that probate, civil, and family law filers may use third-party fax filing through a fax filing agency complying with Local Rule 1.9.
The party lodging a CEQA administrative record must file it electronically and serve a Notice of Manual Filing.
Electronic filing is mandatory for filings by represented parties in the listed case types, but not for Habeas Corpus proceedings.
A copy of the instrument, contract, or written obligation may be filed electronically in an application for entry of judgment.
Beginning October 6, 2025 at 8:00 A.M., represented parties must file all court documents electronically through the Court's eCourt portal, and the court will not accept their paper filings through a drop box, mail, facsimile, or filing window.
Applications for entry of judgment containing an instrument, contract, or written obligation must be electronically filed, while the original instrument must be submitted to the clerk by conventional methods.
The mandatory e-filing rule applies to attorneys, justice partners, and vendors unless a stated exception applies; the listed groups are not required to e-file but are encouraged to participate.
At the court's discretion, attorneys may submit the informal arraignment form electronically by email or facsimile, by U.S. mail, or at the appropriate Clerk’s Office location.
Paper filings received through the United States Postal Service and postmarked before October 6, 2025 will be accepted for filing.
A defendant's signature on documents transmitted electronically is accepted and deemed an original signature for all purposes.
16th Judicial Circuit Court, Kane County
View all rules for IL-KANE-CIRCUIT.All proposed orders must be e-filed on the same date as the hearing; failure to submit may result in dismissal.
Attorney fee invoices shall not be filed but must be presented to court at hearing.
Unapproved document types filed electronically are rejected by the Clerk.
Accepted electronic documents must have an electronic file stamp with required info, merged into the document; required for official filing.
Pro se litigants may e-file via vendor with individual transactional agreements and credit card payment; assigned username/password by vendor.
Users must register with Clerk and authorized e-filing vendor prior to e-filing; attorneys must submit specified registration info; vendor assigns PIN for filing/serving.
Documents not complying with applicable format statutes, local rules, or standards may be rejected.
Affidavit of Income and Expenses should not be filed with circuit clerk unless directed by court.
Electronic filers have the same responsibilities as conventional filers for document completeness, readability, and proper filing.
E-file vendor may charge fees/impose contract requirements for e-filings, except no fees for government users or indigent parties.
Routine probate estate filings may be processed by mail via probate administrative assistant, procedures approved by Chief Judge or Presiding Judge of Civil Division.
E-file vendors with Clerk agreements are appointed as the Clerk's agent for e-filing, receipt, service, and retrieval of documents.
Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
View all rules for CA-ALAMEDA-SUPERIOR.All documents must be e-filed in searchable PDF format unless only a paper copy exists, and must comply with court technical requirements; certain documents (bench warrants, subpoenaed documents, bonds, undertakings, and originals) may not be e-filed.
False Claims Act and Lanterman-Petris-Short Act filings must be presented at the René C. Davidson Courthouse in Oakland.
Represented parties must e-file through a court-approved EFSP and e-serve, unless exempted by court order, law, or an approved EFS-007 exemption request.
E-filing and e-service are mandatory except by court order or where other service is required by law, but parties may request an exemption by filing form EFS-007 with the assigned department or supervising family law judge.
The completed and signed notice must be e-mailed to the ADR program at adrprogram@alameda.courts.ca.gov.
Certain documents (bench warrants, subpoenaed documents, bonds, undertakings, certified judgments, out-of-state abstracts, sister-state judgments, out-of-state subpoenas, payee data records, and documents requiring original signatures) may not be e-filed.
Represented parties must e-file electronically through a court-approved EFSP and use electronic service, unless excused or exempted.
Certain original documents, subpoenaed documents, and documents requiring original signatures may not be e-filed.
Electronically filed motions do not secure the hearing date shown on the pleading until the hearing date is approved under Local Rule 5.504(a); approved hearing dates should be noted in the EFSP note/comment field.
Documents filed electronically in compliance with Code of Civil Procedure section 1010.6 and California Rules of Court rules 2.250-2.261 are exempt from the physical filing location requirements of Rule 1.9.
My Citations e-filing is unavailable from Sept 24 to Oct 1, 2026; Ability to Pay Petitions may instead be filed in person at specified courthouses.
The court prefers electronic filing for all criminal matters.
Superior Court of California, County of Fresno
View all rules for CA-FRESNO-SUPERIOR.The specified trial-readiness papers must be electronically filed before trial readiness and submitted to the assigned trial judge immediately afterward.
Documents eligible for electronic filing must be submitted through the court’s electronic service providers.
Records not designated confidential during e-filing will automatically be publicly accessible.
For an initiating Labor Commissioner appeal supported by a bond or undertaking, the bond or undertaking documentation must be electronically filed with the case.
Papers exempt from mandatory electronic filing must be submitted at the Clerk’s Office during normal business hours, excluding posted court holidays.
A Labor Commissioner appeal initiated with a cash or check deposit is exempt from mandatory e-filing and must be filed directly with the court outside the e-filing system.
The administrative record must be submitted electronically through e-filing.
The clerk’s office will not accept electronic storage media for lodging in unlimited or limited civil actions unless a court order permits it.
Oversized physically lodged records require delivery arrangements with the assigned department’s clerk; if no department is assigned, the submitter must contact the clerk’s office by phone, and mail or overnight delivery requires prior arrangement.
Records may be lodged electronically through the court’s e-filing system or physically through the clerk’s office or drop box.
Information about the court’s electronic service providers is available on the court website.
Electronic filing and service are encouraged but not required for self-represented parties.
District of Columbia
View all rules for DDC.Pro se parties must file and serve in paper form unless they have obtained a CM/ECF password.
All unsealed documents must be filed electronically.
Unsealed documents must be filed electronically.
Clerk may direct attorney or pro se party to file electronically; document deemed filed on original date if refiled by next business day.
Documents not in a format for electronic filing or illegible when scanned may be maintained by the filer and made available upon request, with a Notice of Filing.
Discovery materials shall not be filed until used in proceeding or upon court order; custodians must retain originals.
Pro se parties may e-file with leave of court by filing a motion for a CM/ECF password.
Sealed criminal investigative applications may be filed electronically by the government using a standardized caption format without personally identifying information.
Pro se parties must file documents in paper form; electronic filing is not available to them.
Petitions for admission are accepted via PACER.
Electronically filed documents have the same binding authority as paper documents.
Electronic filing via CM/ECF is available for all filings.
California Rules of Court
View all rules for CA-STATEWIDE.Electronic filers must take reasonable steps to keep filings free of computer code, including viruses, that could harm the court's e-filing system or its users.
A court may order all parties in class, consolidated, coordinated, or complex actions to file all documents electronically, provided the order would not cause undue hardship or significant prejudice.
Electronic filers must furnish the information the court requires for case processing.
In mixed civil cases, represented parties may be required to file and serve electronically while self-represented parties file, serve, and are served by non-electronic means unless they affirmatively agree otherwise.
Proposed orders may be e-filed in accordance with rule 3.1312.
Parties may file computer-produced duplicates of Judicial Council forms.
Local child support agencies may maintain original signed pleadings as electronic copies in the statewide automated child support system and may destroy the paper original.
Courts may accept paper filings when a party cannot feasibly convert a document to electronic form.
Courts may authorize electronic filing of documents in proceedings under the specified statutes and chapter rules.
In original-document cases, filers may e-file a copy if the original is filed within 10 calendar days.
Bexar County Civil District Courts
View all rules for TX-BEXAR-CIVIL-DISTRICT-COURTS.Agreed orders must be e-filed with a filing comment directing that the proposed order be forwarded to the Court.
Agreed orders signed by all attorneys of record and any self-represented litigants may be e-filed as proposed orders with a comment for staff attorney review and may then be signed without a hearing.
Motions or orders presented on the Presiding Court's written submission docket (default judgments, Rule 106/109 substituted service motions, and agreed orders) must be e-filed.
Orders eFiled without a routing comment are accepted as proposed orders but will not be routed for signature.
When e-filing orders, filers must leave specific routing instructions in the comment section or the order will be accepted as a Proposed Order but not routed for signature.
Counsel and self-represented litigants must set hearings by e-filing the appropriate Fiat or Notice of Setting.
When e-filing matters assigned out of Presiding to a sitting District Court Judge (including summary judgment hearings), the comment section must state the assigned court and the hearing date.
Orders on matters heard by a Visiting Judge must be efiled with “Forward to Visiting Judge [Name] [Date of Hearing]” in the Comment Section, and the efiling envelope number must be emailed to the Visiting Judge afterward.
An order must be eFiled only once; duplicate eFiling of the same order creates longer processing times.
Hearing settings will also be entered into Odyssey, the court's filing system.
Agreed orders signed by all attorneys of record and any self-represented litigants may be e-filed as proposed orders and may be signed by the Court without a hearing.
Agreed orders signed by all attorneys of record and any self-represented litigants may be e-filed as proposed orders and signed by the Court without a hearing.
Travis County Civil District Courts
View all rules for TX-TRAVIS-CIVIL-DISTRICT-COURTS.Proposed orders must not be filed with the clerk; they are instead submitted by email under this Standing Order.
Proposed or draft orders must not be filed as stand-alone documents with the clerk and may be filed only as attachments to other pleadings.
Documents provided to a judge for action (e.g., motions) must first be filed with the District Clerk, and then a copy provided to the judge's staff; providing documents to a judge does not file them.
Settings for jury and non-jury Central Docket matters are obtained from the Court Administrator by written request through Civil Calendaring Online or by oral request, and are docketed in the order requests are received.
The Court strongly prefers electronic exhibits uploaded to Box, which will serve as the official exhibits.
Each party must deliver their brief either digitally or in hard copy, as instructed by the assigned judge.
A joint written request to assign a case (or part of a case) to a particular judge must be filed and also submitted to the Local Administrative Judge by hand delivery, mail, or email, and should generally be made at the beginning of the case.
The Court strongly prefers that exhibits be provided electronically, and electronic exhibits become the official exhibits once admitted.
Additional Box exhibit-folder permissions are obtained by adding all parties, attorneys, and paralegals needing access in the Announcement Application.
Multnomah County Circuit Court
View all rules for OR-MULTNOMAH-CIRCUIT.Petitions for writ of review must be presented at ex parte for judicial signature and assignment of a case number.
Straightforward motions for alternative service should be e-filed; if the e-filed motion has questions or deficiencies, the order will be unsigned and the party will be instructed to present the motion at ex parte.
Members of the Oregon State Bar must e-file all documents filed with the court, except materials that by rule must be presented in court.
Civil cases requiring a guardian ad litem, and pseudonym-filing requests under SLR 2.035, must be presented at ex parte with the complaint, petition, supporting documents, and order to obtain a case number.
The court does not accept filings submitted by fax or email.
For civil trials estimated to require more than four trial days, the plaintiff's pre-assignment request letter must not be eFiled and instead must be mailed, hand delivered, or emailed as an attachment to the presiding judge.
In foreclosure proceedings not assigned to a foreclosure panel judge, the default order and judgment are still e-filed, but the original note must be presented at ex parte so the court can sign and stamp it.
Fee waiver and deferral applications must be prepared and filed as conventional paper filings, even by parties who otherwise use eFiling.
Supplemental judgments for fees/costs should be e-filed absent an objection; with an objection, the hearing is set before the judge who signed the judgment.
Ballot title petitions under ORS 250.195 and ORS 250.296 are exempt from UTCR 7.020, may be eFiled, and upon acceptance receive a specially assigned judge.
Self-represented litigants may file civil, family law, probate and trust administration, small claims, and FED cases at the cashier's window on the second floor of the Multnomah County Courthouse.
The listed ex parte motions do not require an in-person appearance and may be eFiled; the list is illustrative and not exclusive.
District of New Jersey
View all rules for DNJ.Pro se parties must mail or submit filings to the Clerk’s Office, not Judge Kiel; pro se guide available online.
Non-confidential correspondence and written submissions must be electronically filed via CM/ECF, and fax is prohibited unless otherwise directed.
If a continuance order is opposed, the moving party must file a motion on CM/ECF.
All pleadings and correspondence must be electronically filed via CM/ECF unless the Court orders otherwise.
A Submission Notice must be filed via CM/ECF on the prescribed form; sentencing memoranda need not be filed on CM/ECF.
The parties must file their completed Joint Discovery Plan on CM/ECF.
All court communications in criminal cases must be filed on CM/ECF; email to Chambers is not accepted.
Pro se parties must file all documents, applications, and motions directly with the Clerk's Office.
Harris County District Courts
View all rules for TX-HARRIS-DISTRICT-COURTS.Responses to motions must be e-filed at least 24 hours before the hearing and include a proposed order.
Emergency hearing requests must be e-filed as an emergency motion with a detailed explanation of necessity.
Oral hearing requests for the motion docket must be made through the E-Hearing Portal.
All MSJs must be filed via the District Clerk's online E-hearing portal submission docket.
The court requires mandatory electronic filing and does not accept filings by email or fax except for free fax filing until new e-filing rules take effect.
All other contested motions must be set on the Law Day Docket via the E-hearing portal.
All cases in the 157th Civil District Court must be filed electronically.
All cases in the 190th District Court must be electronically filed.
A hearing must also be set on the Law Day Docket.
A motion for emergency/expedited hearing must be e-filed when only one side deems the matter an emergency.
It is preferable to file documents electronically and then email the Court Clerk to bring the filing to their attention.
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
View all rules for EDPA.Attorneys must file all documents directly via the court's ECF system (public documents uploaded directly to the docket) or with the Office of the Clerk of Court.
Counsel must manage, file, and serve all of their own documents and may not rely on chambers staff to copy, scan, print, file, or serve anything before or after proceedings.
Settlement conference summaries must not be filed with the Clerk's Office.
Attorneys must file searchable briefs on the CM/ECF electronic system.
All counseled parties must use ECF; proposed orders attached to motions; no Chambers submissions except via ECF; court won't act on non-docketed submissions.
Criminal-case counsel must file all attorney documents via the court's ECF system or with the Clerk of Court, and public documents must be uploaded directly to the docket through ECF.
Counsel must submit CJA vouchers via the eVoucher system.
Attorneys must file their own memoranda, motions, and other materials directly through ECF or with the Clerk of Court and may not rely on chambers staff to file documents.
Exhibits filed via ECF must be separate documents with identifying names (not generic labels like “Exhibit A”); single “Exhibits” files will be struck.
Counsel must be registered on ECF to participate in the conference.
Stipulations needing Court approval should be filed on the court's ECF system.
Attorneys of record must maintain current contact information in their ECF user accounts and update all contact information displayed on the docket as needed.
District of Delaware
View all rules for DED.Proposed orders will only be considered after the associated e-order has been uploaded.
For claims binders, email hyperlinked index or consolidated searchable PDF.
Proposed orders must be filed electronically; non-electronic proposed orders are not accepted by Judge Shannon.
Western District of Washington
View all rules for WDWA.Entities filing many proofs of claim must file them electronically.
Court does not accept fax filings.
Proposed jury instructions must be served on all parties, filed in the docket, and emailed as a Word or WordPerfect compatible file to the judge's e-mail orders address.
Pro hac vice application must be electronically filed by local counsel.
Non-trial exhibits must be filed electronically and linked to the related pleading.
Documents required to be provided to the trustee under 11 U.S.C. §§ 521(a)(1)(B)(iv) and (e)(2)(A)(i) and Fed. R. Bankr. P. 4002(b)(2) and (3) must not be filed with the court.
Electronic notice must comply with Local Bankruptcy Rule 5005-1 and the court's Electronic Filing Procedures.
Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino
View all rules for CA-SAN-BERNARDINO-SUPERIOR.The parties must meet and confer, exchange necessary documents, and file the listed trial documents directly in Department R14 or electronically, without fax filing, by the trial documents filing date.
All documents identified in the trial setting order must be electronically filed or hand delivered directly to the department by the trial document filing date.
The IDC brief must be filed electronically.
Documents must be electronically filed through an approved electronic filing service provider identified on the Court website.
The Notice of Hearing must be filed electronically at least seven court days before the conference.
Trial documents may be filed directly in Department S-36 or electronically, but fax filing is prohibited.
Electronic filing is mandatory except for self-represented litigants and parties or attorneys with an electronic-filing exemption.
Ex parte applications must be filed electronically.
A fax received into a computer file is governed as a fax filing and is not considered an electronically filed document.
Fairfax County Circuit Court
View all rules for VA-FAIRFAX-CIRCUIT.Using the eFiling system requires compliance with the Clerk's guidelines and acceptance of third-party portal registration terms; failure to accept them may bar access to the system.
All e-filing System users must take the available training, and Court personnel will only assist with general inquiries, not technical, software, or hardware support.
The Calendar Control Judge schedules hearings rather than conducting them and, absent extraordinary circumstances, does not enter orders; orders must be filed in the Clerk's Office for routing as a daily order to a Judge.
The Calendar Control Order Form must be submitted to Judges' Chambers either by dropping off the original printed form or by emailing it to CCRCalendarControlNotice@fairfaxcounty.gov.
Pleadings and other documents may be uploaded to the FSX portal in Word or PDF format for e-submission.
eFiling availability is being rolled out in phases by litigation case type, with the Clerk announcing activation for each case type.
Filings may be made in person or mailed to the Fairfax Circuit Court at 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Suite 319, Fairfax, VA 22030.
Pleadings may still be filed in person at the courthouse, by courier service, or by mail.
Physical (in-person) filing remains available during normal court business hours and may be more appropriate for oversized documents.
Denver District Court
View all rules for CO-DENVER-DISTRICT.All judicial rulings, filings, opinions, orders, and other written communications must be electronically filed.
Printed copies of electronically filed documents may not be filed with the Court.
All counsel must electronically file and serve all pleadings, motions, affidavits, attachments, and other documents through LexisNexis File & Serve.
Dallas County Civil District Courts
View all rules for TX-DALLAS-CIVIL-DISTRICT-COURTS.Minor prove-ups are done by submission and require e-filing of specified documents.
All filings must be submitted through the E-Filing system.
The notice of hearing must be filed electronically.
Materials must be e-filed before hand delivery to the Court, except for in camera review materials.
Eastern District of Virginia
View all rules for EDVA.HSD must not be filed electronically.
Retroactive worksheets must be filed as sealed ECF.
The HSD itself must not be filed electronically; a blank placeholder is attached to the motion on CM/ECF to reserve the docket number.
Proposed HSDs must not be filed electronically.
Sealed documents must be filed electronically in CM/ECF but are not accessible electronically to litigants.
Funding requests must be submitted via eVoucher system using AUTH or BUDGETAUTH forms; submissions are ex parte and confidential.
Compensation claims must be submitted via eVoucher system on the appropriate CJA form.
Memorandum containing highly sensitive information may be delivered in printed form, not filed via CM/ECF.
Denton County District Courts
View all rules for TX-DENTON-DISTRICT.Denton County departments filing into an existing case must file electronically through the County Clerk's preferred method.
For an agreed continuance in a case younger than 18 months, a proposed Agreed Order Granting Motion for Continuance must be e-filed as a separate lead document.
Every application for action or relief must be filed electronically.
All prove-up documents must be e-filed as separate lead documents.
For an original petition filed by non-electronic means, the Clerk must ensure that the order is attached to the petition and every copy presented if the Petitioner failed to do so.
Unless a local rule requires it, a party need not file a paper copy of an electronically filed document.
The divorce finalization documents may be filed electronically or in person with the District Clerk.
Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas
View all rules for PA-DAUPHIN-COMMON-PLEAS.All Protection from Abuse petitions must be generated through PFAD and filed with the Prothonotary.
Only individual users may register; law firms, agencies, corporations, government entities, and other entities may not register.
Once all briefing requirements are met or the briefing periods have expired, either party may file an original and one copy of a Certificate of Readiness with the Prothonotary.
Legal papers may be filed electronically through the Prothonotary's CountySuite Portal beginning on the date set by Administrative Order.
Electronic filing of legal papers with the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court is permitted.
Superior Court of California, County of San Diego
View all rules for CA-SAN-DIEGO-SUPERIOR.Construction defect actions are mandatory electronic filing cases.
All pleadings, lodgments, and hardcopies of exhibits must be filed directly in Department 904; trial documents must not be e-filed, except exhibits which must be uploaded on the proper portal before trial.
Trial briefs, witness lists, exhibit lists, and binders must be directly filed in Department 603; e-filing of trial documents is prohibited.
All motions must be filed digitally, with a courtesy copy placed in Department 75's mailbox.
The Judge's copy of exhibit binders must be uploaded using the electronic evidence portal.
Ex parte papers must be filed digitally via E-FILE.
All parties must upload trial and evidentiary hearing exhibits to the Electronic Exhibit Portal per Local Rule 5.8.4 unless exempted by court order.
El Paso County District Courts
View all rules for TX-EL-PASO-DISTRICT.eFileTexas must electronically transmit the filing to the district clerk and warn the EFSP if the document is improperly formatted.
The EFSP must transmit the document, submission time, and payment information to eFileTexas, which must acknowledge receipt and provide a receipt date and time.
Filers must follow eFileTexas registration procedures to become registered for electronic filing.
Documents that may traditionally be filed with the district clerk may generally be filed electronically, subject to the listed exceptions.
Even after a scanned image is filed electronically, the court may require proper traditional filing, and a third party may request court-permitted inspection of the filer-maintained document.
The district clerk may provide filers and the public electronic viewing of electronically filed or scanned documents or court orders; if provided, persons may view them electronically.
Tarrant County Civil District Courts
View all rules for TX-TARRANT-DISTRICT.Documents accompanying Business Records Accompanied by Affidavits must not be filed.
Case law must not be electronically filed together with pleadings.
The Settlement Agreement, signed Final Judgment, unwaived List of Expenses, payment breakdown, and Minor Information Sheet must be emailed to the court.
The listed pretrial documents must be filed electronically, including exhibit and witness lists, motions in limine, proposed jury charges or findings, and a letter to the judge.
Documents accompanying a Business Records Accompanied by Affidavit must not be filed.
Circuit Court for Davidson County, Tennessee
View all rules for TN-DAVIDSON-CIRCUIT.The Clerk must electronically file the Domestic Status Conference Order.
All courts use electronic filing, though some documents must be filed in paper; papers should not be sent directly to judges unless authorized.
Certain documents may not be filed by facsimile, including fee-bearing pleadings, summonses, wills/bonds/sealed documents, and notices of appeal.
Discovery material should not be filed with the Clerk unless the court is asked to consider it.
Eastern District of Texas
View all rules for EDTX.For jury trials, the agreed charge must be filed electronically on CM/ECF.
For non-jury trials, the listed documents must be filed electronically on CM/ECF.
Proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law must be filed electronically on CM/ECF.
For jury trials, specified documents must be filed electronically on CM/ECF.
Proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law must be filed electronically on CM/ECF.
Letter briefs must be filed electronically as an exhibit to a Notice of Compliance referencing the directing order.
Eastern District of California
View all rules for EDCA.Southern District of California
View all rules for SDCA.Motions to seal, proposed sealed documents, and proposed orders (in Word format) must be emailed to the Judge’s official e-filing email and copied to the Courtroom Deputy Clerk for review.
Parties must email a Word copy of the proposed protective order to efile_cabrera@casd.uscourts.gov.
Proposed orders must be submitted via email in Word format.
Sealed documents must be filed via ECF using the “Sealed Lodged Proposed Document” event immediately after filing the motion to seal.
Lodged documents must not be filed with the Clerk of Court or on CM/ECF unless the Court directs otherwise.
Montgomery County Circuit Court
View all rules for MD-MONTGOMERY-CIRCUIT.Self-represented litigants who are registered users must file all submissions electronically in MDEC actions.
Non-registered users must file submissions in paper form.
The Clerk's Office will no longer accept drop box submissions from attorneys or registered self-represented litigants.
Summit County Court of Common Pleas, General Division
View all rules for OH-SUMMIT-COMMON-PLEAS.Pleadings and papers in general civil and criminal cases must be filed electronically via the Internet, while electronic filing is permitted for other civil cases, subject to the rule’s exceptions.
Written deposition transcripts intended for trial, hearing, or motion support, including attachments and exhibits, must be electronically filed by the attorney of record.
Hidalgo County District Courts
View all rules for TX-HIDALGO-DISTRICT.Western District of Texas
View all rules for WDTX.Southern District of Florida
View all rules for SDFL.Related Rule Categories
Maximum page counts and word limits for motions, briefs, and other filings by judge.
When and how to deliver courtesy copies to chambers, including triggers, timing, and formatting.
Filing cutoffs, deemed-filed rules, rejection handling, cure periods, and outage procedures.
E-service, mail, personal service, proof of service, certificate, and timing requirements.