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Electronic Filing Court Rules

Below is a select listing of jurisdictions and their electronic filing court rules. It is important to note that some courts that have rules allowing electronic filing do not yet have an e-filing program in place.

This list is updated regularly and if you have any additions, please send them to the Legal Technology Resource Center.

 
JURISDICTION COURT ELECTRONIC FILING RULES
Arizona Arizona Supreme Court Rule 124. Electronic Filing, Delivery and Service of Documents
Arizona-Maricopa Maricopa County Superior Court

Administrative Order 2003-115

Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)

Arizona-Pima Pima County Justice Courts-Small Claims

Administrative Order 97-71

Administrative Order 99-20

Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)

California Administrative Office of the Courts Electronic Filing Technical Standards Project
California-Alameda Alameda County Superior Court Local Rule 1.8: Facsimile Filing and Electronic Filing

Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
California-Contra Costa Contra Costa County Superior Court Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
California-San Bernandino San Bernardino County Superior Court

Local Rule-Chapter Eighteen: Electronic Filings and Service

Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)

California-Los Angeles Los Angeles Superior Court

Local Rules-Chapter Eighteen: Electronic Filing and Service

Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)

California-San Diego San Diego Superior Court Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
California-San Francisco San Francisco Superior Court Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
California-Santa Barbara Superior Court of California Santa Barbara County Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
California-Shasta County Shasta County Superior Court

Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
Colorado Statewide

Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 121

Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)

District of Columbia Superior Court of the District of Columbia Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
Georgia-Dekalb County Dekalb County Superior Court Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
Georgia-Fulton County State Court of Fulton County/Asbestos and Mercury Poisoning Litigation Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
Georgia-Fulton County Fulton County Superior Court Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
Illinois Illinois Supreme Court Policy for Implementation of an Electronic Filing Pilot Project in Illinois' Courts
Illinois-DuPage County DuPage 18th Judicial Circuit Court

Article 5: E-Filing

Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)

Kansas Kansas District Courts Order Adopting Technical Standards
Maine Pilot Project-Protection from Abuse Complaints Administrative Order JB-01-05
Maryland Supreme Court of Maryland Rule 16-506
Maryland-Baltimore Baltimore City Circuit Court Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
Michigan-Ottawa County

Ottawa County, 20th Judicial Circuit Court

Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
Michigan-Washtenaw County Washtenaw County Circuit Court How To File Briefs Electronically
Nevada Clark County District Court E-File & Serve Information
New Jersey

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Supreme Court Rule Relaxation Order
New Jersey-Atlantic County Atlantic County Superior Court Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
New Jersey-Bergen County Bergen County Superior Court Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
New Jersey-Middlesex County Middlesex County Superior Court Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
New York

New York State Unified Court System

Uniform Civil Rules For The Supreme Court And The County Court

North Carolina North Carolina Business Courts General Rules of Practice and Procedure-Rule 5
Ohio Supreme Court of Ohio Ohio Rules of Court Rules of Appellate Procedure (Title III: Rule 13)
Ohio-Butler County Butler County Court of Common Pleas Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
Ohio-Cuyahoga County Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
Ohio-Cuyahoga County Garfield Heights Municipal Court Local Rule 7 - Electronic Filing

The Electronic Court Project

E-filing Frequently Asked Questions

Electronic Document Type Information

Ohio-Hamilton County Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Local Rules of the First Appellate Judicial District [Hamilton County] RULE 16

Hamilton County Rules of Practice of the Court of Common Pleas RULE 34

Hamilton County Municipal Court (Local) Rules of Civil Procedure RULE XXVIII

Ohio-Lucas County Lucas County Court of Common Pleas Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
Oklahoma Oklahoma Supreme Court Oklahoma Statute Title 20, Chapter 40, Section 3004: Electronic Filing of Documents
Pennsylvania First Judicial District of Pennsylvania

In Re: President Judge Administrative Order 2001-01

Pennsylvania-Philadelphia Philadelphia Orphan's Court

Pa.O.C.R. 3.7

GCR 2004-01

Pennsylvania-Lancaster County Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
Pennsylvania-Montgomery County Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Rule 205.4: Electronic Filing and Service of Legal Papers
Texas Texas Supreme Court Electronic Filing Rules Template
Texas-Dallas County Dallas County District and County Court Asbestos Cases Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
Texas-Jefferson County Jefferson County District Courts Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
Texas-Johnson County Johnson County Courts Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
Texas-Madison County Montgomery County District Court and Courts of Law Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
Texas-Nueces County Nueces County District Court Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)
Utah Utah State Courts Utah State Court Rules of Civil Procedure: Rule 1. General provisions
Washington Washington State Courts GR 30 Electronic Filing
Washington Chelan County District Court

Local Rule 5

Court's e-filing rules, orders, and procedures (via LexisNexis)

Wyoming Statewide Rule of Civil Procedure 5(e)


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