Los Angeles County Same-Day Court E-Filing Company

• Civil e-Filing at the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County         
• Complex Civil e-filing at the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County
• Probate e-Filing at the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County
• Juvenile Dependency e-filing at the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County
• Family Law e-Filing at the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County
• Adoptions e-filing at the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County
• Small Claims e-Filing at the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County

The Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles announces that efiling is now available and E-FILE Expert™ is one of the (EFSPs) that can help you electronically file court documents and if electronic filing is not available we can file in-person same-day with the clerk of the court.  E-filing enables attorneys to automatically file documents with LASC in real-time from anywhere 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Filing your court documents reduced the cost and manpower needed to print, copy, store, deliver and file documents, resulting in increased efficiencies and productivity, and allowing attorneys more time to focus on other critical tasks and on their court cases.

 

Many filed documents are viewable by the general public through the Court’s website and/or at the courthouse. It is the sole responsibility of the filer to ensure that confidential identifiers are properly omitted or redacted prior to transmission:

“To protect personal privacy and other legitimate interests, parties and their attorneys must not include, or must redact where inclusion is necessary, the following identifiers from all pleadings and other papers filed in the court’s public file, whether filed in paper or electronic form, unless otherwise provided by law or ordered by the court: (1) Social security numbers. If an individual’s social security number is required in a pleading or other paper filed in the public file, only the last four digits of that number may be used. (2) Financial account numbers. If financial account numbers are required in a pleading or other paper filed in the public file, only the last four digits of these numbers may be used.” [California Rule of Court 1.201(a).]

 

CIVIL EFILING 

The civil division is implementing mandatory electronic filing (efiling) for attorneys and providing the option of efiling to self-represented litigants. Attorneys may elect to begin efiling as of the dates shown below.  You can file electronically through E-FILE Expert™

 

The implementation schedule for civil efiling is as follows: 

	VOLUNTARY	MANDATORY
LIMITED CIVIL	November 13, 2018	December 3, 2018
UNLIMITED CIVIL	December 3, 2018	January 2, 2019
COMPLEX CIVIL	N/A	September 20, 2021

COMPLEX CIVIL EFILING 

Complex Litigation began mandatory efiling on September 20, 2021.

 

Requirements for Complex Efiling 

• A filing party must have authority or standing to file in the referenced case.
• A Petition to add cases to a JCCP action must be electronically filed for each case
• Any Motion electronically filed on one case and applied to multiple cases must include a list of cases to which the motion apply.
• For JCCP cases all electronically filed documents must reflect the JCCP action number and at least one underlying case number.
• An excel spreadsheet (bulk party list) must be electronically submitted with the complaints for cases involving 25 or more parties
• File size of electronic documents is limited to 200MB per PDF. 
• You can file electronically through E-FILE Expert™

PROBATE EFILING 

The Probate Division has implemented mandatory electronic filing (efiling) for attorneys and provided the option of efiling to self-represented litigants. Probate matters are heard at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse and the Michael D. Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse.  You can file electronically through E-FILE Expert™

 

JUVENILE DEPENDENCY EFILING 

Effective October 5, 2020, the Superior Court of Los Angeles County will implement mandatory efiling for all non-adoption documents filed by litigants and/or agencies represented by attorneys in Juvenile Dependency.  You can file electronically through E-FILE Expert™

 

HOW DOES E-FILING WORK AND WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS?

Electronic Filing of court documents occurs through an Electronic Filing Service Provider (EFSP). The user creates an account and the efiling system manages the flow of the documents and fees to and from the court. The filer will submit the documents to the EFSP for submission to the Court. The Court will accept or reject the documents. The documents are returned to the EFSP such as E-FILE Expert™ for return to the filer through the EFSP’s electronic filing portal. Refer to the “Technical Requirements” section in (c)(2) of the operative First Amended General Order Re Mandatory Electronic Filing for Juvenile Dependency (Non-Adoptions).

 

I AM A SELF-REPRESENTED LITIGANT. DO I HAVE TO EFILE?

Self-Represented litigants are not mandated to file documents electronically; however, they may choose to do so if desired.

 

IS EFILING MANDATORY?

Yes. Litigants and/or agencies in non-adoption cases represented by attorneys must efile unless they have obtained a court order for exemption. If you are an attorney who cannot use the efiling system, you may apply to Department 400 in the Edmund D. Edelman Children’s Courthouse for an exemption from mandatory electronic efiling. You must use the Judicial Council forms EFS-007 and EFS-008.

 

ARE ANY DOCUMENTS EXEMPT FROM E-FILING?

Yes. The following documents are excluded from efiling:

• Peremptory Challenges or Challenges for Cause of a Judicial Officer pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Sections 170.6 or 170.3; and • Trial and evidentiary hearing exhibits.

 

HOW DO I SUBMIT EXEMPT DOCUMENTS?

Documents that are exempt from efiling can be submitted for filing in the Clerk’s Office between the office hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., by mail, or in the Drop Box in front of the building. (visit www.lacourt.org for courthouse addresses).

 

IS FAX FILING AVAILABLE?

No. Juvenile Dependency does not accept fax filings.

 

CAN I EFILE ON AN ADOPTION MATTER?

No. Mandatory efiling is currently for non-adoption Juvenile Dependency matters only.

 

CAN I USE MY PERSONAL COMPUTER TO E-FILE?

Yes. The documents are submitted through an EFSP. You will be using the internet to select the EFSP and submit your documents for filing. You will upload the document as an attachment. For instructions, refer to your EFSP’s website.

 

FAMILY LAW EFILING 

Effective November 15, 2021, the Superior Court of Los Angeles County will implement mandatory efiling for documents filed by litigants represented by attorneys. Self- Represented Litigants have the option to electronically file their documents with the court.  You can file electronically through E-FILE Expert™

 

ADOPTIONS EFILING 

Effective September 19, 2022, the Superior Court of Los Angeles County will implement mandatory efiling for all adoptions documents as well as abandonment and emancipation documents filed by litigants and/or agencies represented by attorneys. Self-represented litigants have the option to electronically file their documents with the court.  You can file electronically through E-FILE Expert™

 

SMALL CLAIMS EFILING 

Civil Division to implement electronic filing (efiling) in Small Claims cases.  You can file electronically through E-FILE Expert™ 

Any self-represented litigant (SRL) with a Small Claims case has the option to electronically file (efile) case-related documents beginning November 14, 2022. Attorneys representing litigants in any post-judgment matter will be required to efile documents.

 

What are the file size limitations for efiling?

There is no limit to the number of electronic documents that may be included in an electronic envelope, and there is no limit to the total number of megabytes (MB) per envelope, although there is a limit of 200MB per document. Please note that all the documents in a single envelope must be for the same case and only one lead document (e.g., motion or complaint) may be included.

 

How does electronic filing work?

Electronic filing (efiling) of court documents occurs through an electronic filing service provider (EFSP) such as  E-FILE Expert™. The user creates an account and the efiling system manages the flow of the documents and fees to and from the Court. The filer will submit the documents to the EFSP for submission to the Court. The Court will accept or reject the documents. The documents are returned to the EFSP for return to the filer through the EFSP’s electronic filing portal.

 

What are the technical requirements for documents being electronically filed?

Please refer to the “Technical Requirements” section of the operative General Order Re – Mandatory Electronic Filing for Civil. This section sets forth all the Court’s requirements for the formatting of the documents.

 

How do I submit documents exempt from electronic filing?

Documents exempt from efiling can be submitted for filing in the Clerk’s Office at the Spring Street Courthouse between the office hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or by mail and can be done through E-FILE Expert™.

  

Why EFSPs Like  E-FILE Expert™?

• An e‐filing Service Provider (EFSP) is an intermediary that sits between the filer and the Court and provides value added services, training and support for efiling

• In order to mandate efiling for “civil” case types, CRC 2.253(b)

requires:

• A court may require parties by local rule to electronically file documents in 

civil actions directly with the court, or 

• directly with the court and through one or more approved electronic filing 

service providers like  E-FILE Expert™, or

• through more than one approved electronic filing service provide such as  E-FILE Expert™

 

PDF: The official format for electronic court filings YOUR PDF MUST BE TEXT SEARCHABLE

• DOCX (Word): The official format for Proposed Orders

YOU WILL SUBMIT BOTH A PDF AND DOCX VERSION

• Bookmarks: Exhibits attached to documents must be bookmarked

INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON WORLD WIDE WEB (GOOGLE)

• Hyperlinks: Use of hyperlinks is strongly encouraged. 

CONNECT TEXT TO A DIFFERENT SECTION OF TEXT IN A DOCUMENT

 

Typical E‐filing Rejection Reasons

• Incorrect court location selected

• Incorrect case category and/or case type selected

• Incorrect payment account option selected (i.e., fee waiver)

• Party’s name entered in the Party Name field does not match document

• Incorrect party type selected

• Party’s address does not match the address on the initial petition

• Incorrect document type is selected

• Illegible document submitted

• Multiple filing documents are submitted as a single filing code

 

Active E‐Filing Courts

• Over 20 court houses (of 58) counties are doing efiling today

• The State has selected 3 E‐Filing Managers (EFMs) so you’ll see an uptick in adoption over the next 3 years

• Statewide Policies:

• All EFSPs have to file in all Counties that participate in statewide program

• All EFMs have to support the “core 4” CMS vendors in the State (~48 of 58)

• All EFMs have to provide a free e‐filing capability for Indigent and Government Filers

• All EFMs have to support all litigation types

 

California Courts are going electronic and are accepting electronic filing of court documents and efile expert https://efileexpert.com is one of the Electronic Filing Service Providers

 

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