Marion Superior Court Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

All pleadings, petitions, and motions must be filed electronically with the court-designated clerk during clerk or court office hours.

A. Room Clerk. All pleadings, petitions and motions are electronically filed with the Clerk designated by the Court at any time during office hours established by the Clerk and the Court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Document

Post-October 28, 2016 documents must be filed through IEFS via a certified EFSP in compliance with Indiana Trial Rule 86.

Documents filed after October 28, 2016, must be filed using the Indiana E-Filing System (“IEFS”). Parties may use any E-Filing Service Provider (“EFSP”) certified to participate in IEFS. Parties must comply with the requirements of Ind. Trial Rule 86.

CRITICAL

All pleadings, petitions, and motions must be filed electronically during the Clerk's established filing hours, and facsimile filing is prohibited.

All pleadings, petitions, and motions shall be filed electronically with the Clerk of Courts during filing hours established by the Clerk and the Court and shall be accompanied by a proposed order. Facsimile filing is not permitted.

CRITICAL

Facsimile filing is prohibited in the Marion Circuit and Superior Court.

B. Facsimile. Facsimile filing is not permitted in the Marion Circuit and Superior Court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Document

Documents filed after October 28, 2016 must be filed through IEFS using any certified EFSP.

Documents filed after October 28, 2016, must be filed using the Indiana E-Filing System (“IEFS”). Parties may use any E-Filing Service Provider (“EFSP”) certified to participate in IEFS.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Search warrant request

All search-warrant requests must be submitted electronically, except requests concerning a grand-jury investigation.

All requests for a search warrant must be made electronically in accordance with IC § 35-33-5- 8(a)(4) and (h), unless it is a request made concerning an investigation of the grand jury.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Preliminary issue instruction

The preliminary issue instruction must also be emailed to the Court in a word-processing format.

The issue instruction shall also be provided to the Court via email in “word” processing format.

WARNING

Applies to

Preliminary issue instruction

If the parties cannot agree on a preliminary issue instruction, they may provide the proposed instructions in hard copy and by email with a summary of their disagreements.

If the parties cannot agree to a preliminary issue instruction, the proposed instructions may be provided to the Court in hard copy and via email along with a summary of any areas of disagreement.

INFO

Electronic filing of pleadings, motions, and other papers is permitted.

Pleadings, motions and other papers may be either printed or typewritten and filed electronically.