Circuit Court of LaSalle County, Illinois (13th Judicial Circuit) Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Applies to

Exhibits

Physical exhibits that cannot adequately be filed electronically must be filed in physical form at the Clerk’s office or courtroom as directed by court order.

Items not conducive to electronic filing, such as physical exhibits for which an image will not suffice shall be filed in their physical form at the Clerk’s office or in the courtroom, as directed by order of court and in conformity with the Supreme Court’s Order M.R. 18368 filed January 22, 2016.

CRITICAL

Electronic filing is mandatory for all civil case types as of January 1, 2018, is encouraged for criminal cases, and conventional filings remain accepted in both.

The Circuit Court hereby requires electronic filing in all civil case types effective January 1, 2018 and encourages criminal e-filing, although conventional filings in these case types will continue to be accepted.

CRITICAL

All filers must register with the EFM through an authorized EFSP before filing electronically.

All filers shall register with the EFM through an authorized EFSP, prior to filing any document electronically.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Civil case filings

Electronic filing through the authorized centralized EFM is mandatory in civil case types effective January 1, 2018.

On January 22, 2016, the Supreme Court amended M.R. 18368, mandating electronic filing in civil case types effective January 1, 2018 through the utilization of a centralized electronic filing manager (EFM) authorized by the Supreme Court.

WARNING

Applies to

Wills and testamentary documents

Wills and other testamentary documents cannot be filed electronically.

Wills or other testamentary documents shall not be accepted for filing electronically.

WARNING

Applies to

Post initiation filings

Permissive eFileIL filing in criminal and juvenile cases is available only after initiation and assignment of a case number.

Permissive e-filing of criminal and juvenile cases through e-FileIL applies only to filings after the case has been initiated and assigned a case number.

WARNING

The EFM must notify filers when electronically submitted documents are received, accepted, or rejected.

The EFM shall provide notification of a receipt, acceptance, or rejection of electronically filed documents.

WARNING

Applies to

Quasi criminal case filings

Traffic, ordinance violation, conservation, and civil law matters are excluded from permissive eFileIL filing.

Permissive e-filing through eFileIL does not include quasi-criminal case types: Traffic (TR), Ordinance Violation (OV), Conservation (CV) and Civil Law (CL).

INFO

An electronically signed document satisfies Supreme Court requirements and statutes governing original signatures.

Any document electronically signed pursuant to the Standards, Rule or Order satisfies Supreme Court Rules and statutes regarding original signatures on court documents.

INFO

Applies to

Exhibits

Physical items represented by a photograph may be electronically imaged and e-filed.

Physical items for which a photograph may be substituted may be electronically imaged and E-filed.

INFO

A motion and notice of motion requesting permission to file physical items may be filed electronically.

The Motion and Notice of Motion for permission to file any of these physical items may be done electronically.

INFO

Applies to

Criminal and juvenile case filings

Electronic filing through eFileIL is permitted, rather than required, for the listed criminal and juvenile case types.

This Court hereby authorizes electronic filing in criminal case types (Criminal Felony (CF), Criminal Misdemeanor (CM), Driving Under the Influence (DT) and juvenile case types (Juvenile (J), Juvenile Abuse and Neglect (JA), and Juvenile Delinquency (JD)) in a permissive manner through e- File IL.

INFO

Applies to

Documents

Incarcerated self-represented litigants are not required to e-file but are encouraged to do so when the facility provides access.

Self-represented litigants incarcerated in a federal, state or local correctional facility shall not be required to e-File documents but are encouraged to do so if e- Filing is available within the facility.

INFO

The Clerk must provide a computer workstation that any filer may use to register and file electronically.

To facilitate electronic filing, the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall provide a computer workstation for use for any filer to register and file electronic documents.

INFO

Applies to

Case initiation

Criminal and juvenile case initiation should continue under existing practices rather than the permissive eFileIL procedure.

Criminal and juvenile case initiation in the circuit courts should continue using current practices.