File & Serve Training and Resources
eFiling (File & Serve) offers secure online access for attorneys and self-represented litigants to submit court documents online to the clerk's office in eCourts counties, pay filing fees, and receive filing status updates via email. Attorneys filing cases in eCourts counties are required to use File & Serve, and users must register for an account.
Overview
Advanced
- Additional Information Guide for File & Serve Filers
- File & Serve Training Video (YouTube)
- Case Types Available in Each County Court Location for File & Serve
- Service Options in File & Serve and Proposed Order Submissions
- DVPO
- IVC Petitions
- Juvenile Filings
- Probation Officers
- Standards and eFiling codes
- FAQs for Attorneys
- Tyler Technologies eFiling Cloud Knowledge Base
- Tyler Training Videos
- Tyler User Guide List
- Tyler How-To for PDF Conversion
- Learn more by topic
- How to file a new case - read more | watch the video
- How to file into an existing case - read more | watch the video
Registration
Do I have to register to use eFiling?
Yes, all users must register prior to using eFiling.
- Firm Account: Firm Administrator
The firm administrator will set up the firm account and invite the individual users (attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants, etc.) to set up their own accounts. From the landing page, the firm administrator can register for their firm account by creating their individual user account credentials and then adding the firm information. After registering, the firm administrator will receive an email to activate their account.
- Firm Account: Individual Users
Firm Account Users include:- All legal professionals including:
- Solo practitioners
- Attorneys, paralegals, and staff at firms with multiple filers
Individual users in a firm will be invited to create an account within a firm by the firm administrator. Once the firm administrator has added them to the firm account, the user will receive an email to set up their credentials.
Note: Attorneys may be required to enter an attorney number. If you do not have an attorney number from this state, register as an individual.
- All legal professionals including:
- Individual Account Users
Individual Users of File & Serve include:- Filers without lawyers (pro-se filers or self-represented litigants)
- Process servers
- Landlords and tenants (renters)
- Pro hac vice or out-of-state attorneys
- Other non-parties (for example, employers filing garnishment information)
These users can register individually for their account here and scrolling down to ‘Register for an Individual Account.’ From there they will set up their account credentials and information. They must fill out all required fields. After submitting, they will receive an email with a link to activate their account.
Note: Users must enter credit card information when setting up a File & Serve account that is needed to eFile a document.
Standards and Codes
- Case Types Available in Each County Court Location for File & Serve
- Document Naming Standards for File & Serve Filers
- eFiling Codes for Filers
- eFiling Codes for Filers District Court: Civil, Criminal, Family, Probate-Mental Health, Juvenile-Criminal, Juvenile-Family.xlsx
- eFiling Codes for Filers Superior Court: Civil, Criminal, Family, Probate-Mental Health, Juvenile-Criminal, Juvenile-Family.xlsx
- eFiling Codes for Filers Clerk of Superior Court (CSC): Civil, Family, Probate-Mental Health.xlsx
- eCourts Name Indexing Standards
- eCourts County Codes for Enterprise Justice (Odyssey)
- New “Address of Record with the Court” - August 1, 2023
- New Filing Code for Criminal Filings in File & Serve Effective June 1, 2023
- General Rules of Practice for the Superior and District Courts
Hardware and Software Required
- eFiling (File & Serve) uses similar system requirements as Portal
- Browser Requirements - Chrome™, Mozilla® Firefox®, Microsoft® Edge®, or Safari®
- It is recommended to NOT use Safari to set up a payment account. Users can file in Safari only after they have a payment account set up from another browser.
- Note: Using the recommended browsers on MacOS may result in unexpected errors and issues.
- Operating Systems - Microsoft® Windows®, Linux®, Chrome OS™ Android™, iOS, and OS X®
- Recommended Hardware:
- Intel® Core™ i3 or AMD A6 processors with at least a 2.0 GHz clock speed
- 4 GB of RAM
- 1920 x 1080 resolution of both desktop computers and mobile devices
- High-speed Internet connection
- Document Format - Adobe® PDF
Support
For additional support, questions, or issues: visit the eFiling Support and Help Center.
Support is provided for both attorneys and pro se litigants. Please visit the support site to search for answers to your questions, or contact the Tyler Technologies eFiling support team (call, email, chat).