An attorney who doesn’t live, work, or conduct regular business in California may use our e-filing application to either Apply for Pro Hac Vice or Renew it. The following steps walk filers through the document type needed in order to pay the $500 fee associated with applying or renewing a Pro Hac Vice in Los Angeles Civil Cases.

File on an Existing Case

From the Dashboard, click File on an Existing Case

1. Select Court & Case Type – Choose your case, or click add a case to retrieve your case from the court’s system.

If you do not see your case in the drop down, you may type some or all of the case number to filter your results. If you have not yet added the case to your account, you may click the Add a Case link to the right of the Case field.

Learn how to add a case to your account

2. Add Documents – Define, select, and upload the documents that make up your filing.

1. Document Type – Select the Document Type of Application to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice. Then you may add any other documents related to the case too.
2. Name Extension – The Name Extension field is not applicable with an Application to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice document type.
3. Click to Upload – Click the link to add your document. Aside from the Bulk Party List, our system will automatically convert most native file formats (i.e. Word, WordPerfect, JPG, PNG, GIF, TIF) into the Court’s preferred Adobe PDF format, upon upload.
4. Edit – Click the Edit button to edit a description, delete a document, or replace a document.

3. Additional Info – Enter any additional information that is required for this filing type.

1. Court Reservation Number – Leave this field blank if you have a Court Reservation Number, and enter it in the Note to Clerk field in Section 6 at the bottom. When entering a number here, the court’s system assumes filers paid the required fee at the time of reserving a date. Therefore, the e-filing system is unable to assess the proper fee. Only enter a Court Reservation Number here if you have ALREADY paid the $500 fee.
2. Filed By – Choose the Filed By party for this Application to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice. Click the blue Plus Sign on the upper right of that section to add another Filed By party.
3. As To – Choose the As To party for this Application to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice; typically that is the Opposing Party. Click the blue Plus Sign on the upper right of that section to add another As To party.

4. Service Contacts – Add or select service contacts to perform electronic service. Service contacts provided by the court are annotated with and may not be edited.

1. eServe – Check any box in this column to electronically serve a party or attorney via email.
2. Mail Service – Select Certified or First Class Mail to serve a party or attorney via mail once the court accepts the filing.
3. Name – a filer may add or edit an address for Mail Service. However, only the contact’s name shows until a user selects a Mail Service type in the previous column.
4. Add Service Contact – click this link to add new contacts to a filing.
5. Acknowledgment Checkbox – For those users who have requested mail service, check this box to acknowledge you understand mail service doesn’t go out until the court accepts the filing.
6. Return Address – Verify the return address is accurate and correct in case any Mail Service is returned to you.

Learn More about Service Contacts and our new Mail Service via Certified and First Class Mail

 

5. Filing Fees – Select a payment method to pay estimated fees.


Click Confirm Fee Calculation to see the estimated fees. The filing fees auto-populate from the court based on the case type and document type(s) selected. If the fees seem incorrect, you may need to change one of these types above.

If you have a waiver of fees for your case, you will need to make sure to select Fee Waiver or Government Entity in the Fee Exemption drop down in the Additional Info section if the field is present to select.

Waivers on a Case

If (1) your party has an existing fee waiver on the case, (2) you are requesting a waiver of fees for your case, or (3) you are a government entity where the fees do not apply, CONFIRM THE FEES DISPLAY AS $0.00 BEFORE SUBMITTING THE FILING OR THE SYSTEM WILL CHARGE YOU THE GRAND TOTAL.

 

6. Review & Submit – Finalize your filing, review, and submit.



1. If you are Filing for an Attorney select them from the menu or click the Add Attorney link.
2. If your firm uses any sort of Client Matter No, enter it here. If you want an unofficial copy of the filing to go to anyone associated with the case, like a client, enter their email(s) here. Note: this is different from a service contact, and it, along with the client matter number, are for your internal purposes only.
3. If your court has the option to leave the clerk a memo, enter any sort of note here in the Note to Clerk box.
4. Review your entire filing for accuracy, Then check the box to acknowledge you have verified your filing information.

ONCE THE FILING IS SUBMITTED, NEITHER THE FILER NOR THE E-FILING VENDOR MAY CANCEL OR EDIT THE SUBMISSION.

Submit Your Filing

Click the Submit Filing button. Clicking this button, sends your filing directly to filing clerk’s queue at the Court for review. Once all documents are successfully sent to them, the Court will return an envelope number with the date and time they received the full submission. This will be the date and time for the file stamp in your accepted filing. Any filing the Court receives weekdays after 11:59PM, on the weekend, or Court Holiday receives an accepted file stamp of the next Court business day.

On the Filing Status Screen, you will now see your filing is listed as pending. You may return to this screen at any time to see the current status for it and any other filing. Depending on the Court, it can take as little as a minute to review the submission to a few hours to a full business day. If it takes longer than that, the Court may have a backlog they are working through. If you are ever concerned about the status of a submission, the best thing to do is contact the Court directly and provide them with the Envelope Number on your filing.

 

7. Pre-authorization of Fees

It is important to note that when you submit your filing, the court does a pre-authorization on your card for the filing fees. If the court rejects the filing, then they will not settle that pre-authorization, and it will eventually fall off your card within 3 to 10 business days from the date of the clerk’s rejection depending on your banking institution.

Learn more about the pre-authorization of fees

Please read this article regarding the use of Debit Cards with e-filing.