Alameda — E-filing Workflow

Source: https://www.alameda.courts.ca.gov/system/files/forms-and-filings/ecourt-workflow.pdf

eCourt Workflow

• Think Turbo Tax for court filings.
• Multiple providers available. E-Filing
• All documents must be filed through a EFSP.
Service • These independent companies process the filings and send
Provider completed filings into our system. • Document is date-stamped and considered received on the
day it is e-filed. Cases filed on weekends or holidays are date- (EFSP) stamped next business day.
• Errors with filings could be caused by error in customer filling
out information improperly with the EFSP.

• Electronic files stored here after being sent by the EFSP.
• Court reviews files to ensure compliance with rules and
accepts, modifies or rejects filing.
• Once approved, file is available in the eCourt case
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• If rejected, filer notified and must resubmit through EFSP.
• Files are only visible to processing clerks when in this portal.
Civil complaints can be viewed by court-approved media representatives
before processed into public portal.
• Documents being processed will not appear in the eCourt
public portal.
• Process can take up to 3 days.

eCourt
eCourt Public Portal

• Public facing portal• The courts new electronic case

management system housing all case files, • Used by attorneys and public to review and including cases from previous filing system. manage cases. • Application used by court staff and judges to • Make sure to use same email address to create access and manage cases and case filings. account on the public portal as used when filing documents in a case.