- Pursuant to California Rules of Court (CRC), Rule 8.71 and 8.73, all parties are required to file all documents electronically through the court’s Electronic Filing Service (EFS) TrueFiling. "Electronic filing" is the electronic transmission to a court of a document in electronic form. (CRC 8.70(c)(8).
- Pursuant to California Rules of Court (CRC) 8.72(a) and 8.74(b), specific formatting requirements for electronic filing in the Second District are required. See 2DCA Formatting Requirements and Guidelines.
- Attorneys are required to register with TrueFiling for both filing documents in the court and for receipt of documents issued by the court.
- Self-represented parties may, but are not required to register for electronic filing, but must comply with this rule and the requirements of TrueFiling if they elect to register.
- Local Rule 7 is repealed.
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Tuesday, September 5, 2017
2d DCA e-filing announcement
Effective Monday October 30, 2017