16th Judicial Circuit Court, Kane County Filing Bundling Requirements

Civil cases

Bulk filings (multiple cases or multiple docs in one PDF) prohibited; different case numbers require separate transactions; individual case documents accepted in single transaction.

Bulk filings of multiple cases or multiple documents combined into one (1) PDF document shall not be accepted. Documents with different case numbers must be filed individually in separate transactions. Filing of individual documents within a case shall be accepted in a single electronic filing transaction.

Civil cases

Exhibits, prior orders, and pleadings are prohibited from being filed with the circuit court clerk unless required by law, rule, or court leave.

Unless otherwise required by law, rule, or upon leave of Court, EXHIBITS, PRIOR ORDERS OR PLEADINGS SHALL NOT be attached or filed with the circuit court clerk. Violations of this rule may result in appropriate sanctions, including reasonable costs or fees associated with the enforcement of this rule, and in appropriate cases the barring of the particular exhibit.

Civil cases

Complaints requiring specified day summonses must be bundled with summonses for each defendant, filed at e-filing.

Complaints in cases requiring specified day summonses pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 101 (b) and (c), including but not limited to Small Claims, Law Medium, Arbitration and Eviction cases, shall be accompanied by summonses directed to each defendant, which shall be placed with the Clerk for issuance at the time of filing (e-filing) the complaint.