Most courts impose a 25MB file size for PDF documents, and a 35MB limit for the entire envelope.
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Add a Case to Your Account
In order to file a document on an existing case, you must first Add a Case to your account. You have the option of searching by court and case number, or an Advanced Case Search by court and party name.
Create Serve Only
If you wish to have a document served electronically to any service contacts on a case, Serve Only is an option to use. When you click the Submit button, the document(s) data is sent to the court only. The court then sends Notification of Service emails directly to each of the service recipients, and it notifies us of this service to any of our customers.
File into a Non-Indexed Case in Cook County, Illinois
You will need to File into a Non-Indexed Case to submit your first filing on an existing case in Cook County, Illinois. Once Cook County accepts the Non-Indexed Case Filing, you will be able to file on that case by clicking File on an Existing from the dashboard!
File into a Non-Indexed Case
From time to time, an existing case will not come up in the E-Filing system. If the court offers it, you will have the option to File into a Non-Indexed Case. Once the court accepts the Non-Indexed Case filing, you will be able to file on that case by clicking File on an Existing from the dashboard!
Authorize Support Staff for Specific Attorneys
In order for support staff to file for a specific attorney, or to receive copies of that attorney’s filings, you must authorize specific support staff for specific attorneys.
Add Attorneys and Support Staff
Adding an attorney to your account is the next step to getting your documents filed if you didn’t add one on the initial setup. An attorney can only use one email address per Bar ID.
File an Exhibit with Pleadings
Learn how to exhibits along with your pleadings by combining pleadings & exhibits in a single PDF document, using the “Attachment to Previous” document type, and/or using the “Exhibit” document type.
Add Optional Services to the Document(s) you are E-Filing
When you initiate a new case or file on an existing case, you have the choice of adding optional services for the document(s) you are filing.
California Seals All Limited Unlawful Detainers
Effective January 1, 2017, Assembly Bill (AB) 2819, codified in California Code of Civil Procedure §§1161.2 and 1167.1., automatically and permanently seals all limited unlawful detainer (eviction) actions, unless the landlord prevails at a trial within 60 days of filing the complaint, or within 60 days of the date a default judgment was set aside.