E-filing of all civil case types is now mandatory in Cook County Illinois. Please read the important special instructions for e-filing in Cook County by following this link: Cook County Special Instructions
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All Civil case types will be permissive in Cook County by May 1, 2018. After a two-month transition period, all Civil case types will be MANDATORY in Cook County on July 1, 2018.
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To register a new account or e-file in one of the LIVE courts, enter the portal from the Legalefile.com website or CLICK HERE to go directly to the portal.
To read the Order from the Supreme Court of Illinois, please click the headline above and then click the link.
As of July 1, 2017, e-filing is now mandatory in the Supreme Court and all five districts of the Appellate Court. In addition, all 102 trial courts are to transmit the record on appeal through e-filing to their respective reviewing court.
As of January 1, 2018, all civil cases shall be e-filed in the trial courts.
Also effective January 1, 2018, e-filing shall be mandated in the 87 counties not exempted by the Supreme Court. To ease transition, the 15 counties (listed below) exempted in the Order may continue to use their existing e-filing systems.
Clinton County LIVE McHenry County TBD
Cook County 11/27/17 (Pilot Filers only) Montgomery County Live
DeKalb County TBD Moultie County Live
DuPage County TBD Sangamon County 11/17/17
Kendall County 12/18/17 St. Clair County 11/17/17
Lake County Live Will County Live
Madison County TBD Winnebago County TBD
Marion County Live
As of July 1, 2018, the e-filing transition will be complete and e-filing shall be mandatory in the above 15 counties which were exempted from the January 1, 2018 mandate.
To register a new account or e-file in one of the LIVE courts, enter the portal from the Legalefile.com website or CLICK HERE to go directly to the portal.
We hope you are enjoying your summer. We have had a busy summer here at Legal e-File, with several new additions to our e-filing family. We have added the state of Illinois and are in the process of adding the state of Indiana. We are also continuing to add more counties and case types in California.
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As of July 1, 2017, e-filing is now required in the Supreme Court and the five districts of the Appellate Court. In addition, all 102 trial courts are to transmit the record on appeal through e-filing to their respective reviewing court.
As of January 1, 2018, all civil cases shall be e-filed in the trial courts. To ease transition, the fifteen counties exempted through the mandate, may continue to use their existing e-filing systems.
E-filing is now permissive and will become mandatory in all Illinois counties except for the following exempt counties:
Cook County McHenry County
Dekalb County Sangamon County
DuPage County St. Clair County
Kendall County Will County
Lake County Winnebago County
Madison County
CLICK HERE to enter the Illinois portal!
E-filing of Probate cases in Los Angeles County became mandatory on June 5, 2017
E-filing of Unlawful Detainer cases in Santa Clara County became permissive June 26, 2017 & will be mandatory as of July 31, 2017.
E-filing of Non-Criminal cases in Fresno and Sutter Counties became mandatory on July 1, 2017.
E-filing of Non-Criminal cases in Calaveras County became permissive on July 7, 2017.
E-filing of Family Law cases in Los Angeles County are set to be permissive on August 8, 2017.
E-filing of Family Law cases in Orange County coming soon!
CLICK HERE to enter the California portal!
Indiana Coming Soon!
Brown 6/29 Lawrence 6/15
Bureau 6/7 Lee 6/16
Calhoun 6/23 Macoupin 6/20
Cass 6/28 Marion 6/16
Clark 6/23 McLean 6/27
Clay 6/9 Menard 6/13
Crawford TBD Monroe 7/5
DeWitt 6/29 Moultrie TBD
Douglas 6/28 Perry 6/22
Edgar 6/15 Piatt 6/16
Edwards 6/12 Pope 6/15
Ford 6/16 Pulaski 6/19
Franklin 6/19 Randolph 6/15
Grundy 6/12 Richland 6/15
Jasper 6/8 Shelby 6/5
Johnson 6/13 Wabash TBD
Lake TBD Will TBD
5/17 2nd Appellate District
5/22 Supreme Court
6/1 4th Appellate District
6/1 5th Appellate District
6/5 1st Appellate District
6/19 3rd Appellate District
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File Stamped Documents – Once accepted, your file stamped documents will be attached to your accepted notification email for easy access.
Case Summary View – View basic case and party information, judge assignment, and a register of e-filing activity on your case.
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