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Electronic Filing at Clay County Courts. Presentation to Clay County Bar Association August 5 2010. Current E-Filing Situation. Case Initiation for Probate Guardianship Mental Health Can file subsequent documents for all civil cases
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Electronic Filing at Clay County Courts Presentation to Clay County Bar AssociationAugust 5 2010
Current E-Filing Situation • Case Initiation for • Probate • Guardianship • Mental Health • Can file subsequent documents for all civil cases • “Notice of Electronic Filing” send by email to all parties
The Next Stage of E-Filing • Clay County is moving to totally “paperless” court system • All areas of the Civil courts moving to e-filing from August 9 • Criminal Courts to follow in a few months
How Do I Get Started? • What Equipment Do I Need? • A personal computer with an Internet connection • Software to produce documents in PDF format • An email account • What Will it Cost Me? • Nothing (apart from normal court filing fees)
How Do I Get Started? (continued) • How do I sign up? • Everything is done on line • Go to :http://clayclerk.com/efile/ • Click on “New Account” Let’s see it in operation…
What Can I Do Now? • Once your account has been set up, you can file a new case
File a New Case • You complete all of the case initiation on line from your office computer • Enter details of the case and parties • Upload documents in pdf format
Existing Cases • You can file subsequent documents to an existing case
Credit Card Payments • Remember there is the service charge added to credit card transactions. • Also if you send a lot of transactions through at one time, your credit card company may “flag” your account – contact them and explain the situation.
Future Developments • Escrow Accounts – commencing Sept 1– application forms available today to set up and fund • Auto Summons Generation • Notice of Confidentiality
More Information • On-line help resources on clayclerk.com • Technical assistance from: • Ken Ray (904) 284-6302 ext 2128 or rayk@clayclerk.com • Leah Conner (904) 284-6361 or connerl@clayclerk.com • Case Filing Assistance • Margaret Jones (904) 278-3645 • Amie Herrera (904) 284-6302 ext 6565