Ill. R. Cir. Ct. Lake Cnty. 1-2.10

As amended through September 23, 2024

Rule 1-2.10 - Time of Filing, Acceptance by the Clerk and Electronic Filing Stamp

A. Any electronic document submitted to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for filing shall be deemed filed if not rejected by the Clerk. The transmission date and time of transfer shall govern the electronic file mark.

B. A filer who files a document electronically shall have the same responsibility as a person filing a document in a nonelectronic manner for ensuring that the document is complete, readable and properly filed.

C. Unless a statute, rule or court order requires that a document be filed by a certain deadline, a document is deemed timely if submitted before midnight (in the court's time zone) on the date of the deadline. Pleadings received by the Clerk of the Circuit Court before midnight on a day the courthouse is open shall be deemed filed that day if accepted by the Clerk. If filed on a day the courthouse is not open for business as defined in Local Court Rule 1-1.10, the document will be deemed filed the next business day of the Court.

D. A confirmation shall be issued to the filer of an electronically filed document. This confirmation shall serve as proof of such submission, but not of acceptance of the submission by the Clerk. A filer will receive e-mail notification indicating the reason for the rejection if a document is not accepted by the Clerk of the Circuit Court's office. In that event, the filer may be required to re-file the document to meet necessary filing requirements.

E. Each document reviewed and accepted for filing by the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall receive an electronic file stamp. The stamp shall be endorsed with the identification of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court, Lake County, Illinois, in the name of the Clerk of the Circuit Court by the deputy clerk accepting the filing, and shall include the official time and date of filing and contain the word "FILED". This file stamp shall be merged with the electronic document and shall be visible when the document is printed and viewed online. Electronic documents are not officially filed without the electronic filing stamp.

Ill. R. Cir. Ct. Lake Cnty. 1-2.10

Amended effective 12/31/2017.