11th Judicial Circuit Announcements

The 11th Judicial Circuit (St. Charles County) is pleased to announce it is piloting the new Missouri eFiling System.

• Effective Sept. 12, 2011, select attorneys are required to file associate civil filings electronically in the 11th Judicial Circuit for new and pending cases. To help guide attorneys as to what documents should be filed electronically during the pilot, the court has adopted an order in addition to the statewide rules governing electronic filing.

• Effective Oct. 17, 2011, attorneys are required to file circuit civil filings electronically in the 11th Judicial Circuit for new and pending cases. To help guide attorneys as to what documents should be filed electronically during the pilot, the court has adopted an order in addition to the statewide rules governing electronic filing.

• Effective Nov. 1, 2011, attorneys are required to file all domestic relations case types except for orders of protection and paternity, and all associate civil filings except for small claims, electronically in the 11th Judicial Circuit for new cases and subsequent pleadings in all cases. To help guide attorneys as to what documents should be filed electronically during the pilot, the court has adopted an order in addition to the statewide rules governing electronic filing.

• Effective Dec. 5, 2011, attorneys are required to file all probate cases, excluding mental health cases, for new filings and subsequent pleadings in all cases excluding wills, bonds and receipts, electronically in the 11th Judicial Circuit. Also effective this date, attorneys are required to file all criminal cases including municipal trial de novo cases, excluding traffic, infractions, watercraft and conservation cases, for subsequent pleadings in all cases. To help guide attorneys as to what documents should be filed electronically during the pilot, the court has adopted an order in addition to the statewide rules governing electronic filing.

• Effective Oct. 19, 2012, attorneys are required to file all paternity cases and modifications thereof, including motions to set aside paternity and IV-D paternity cases, electronically in the 11th Judicial Circuit for new and pending cases. To help guide attorneys as to what documents should be filed electronically during the pilot, the court has adopted an order in addition to the statewide rules governing electronic filing.
  

• Effective Jan. 1, 2013, attorneys are required to file all juvenile and adoption cases electronically in the 11th Judicial Circuit for new and pending cases. To help guide attorneys as to what documents should be filed electronically during the pilot, the court has adopted an order in addition to the statewide rules governing electronic filing.

To begin filing electronically, an attorney must register for a free account. To begin the registration process, click here.

 

Because the pilot process by its nature is subject to refinement, improvement and other modification, the court encourages users to contact the Help Desk by e-mail at OSCA.Help.Desk@courts.mo.gov or toll-free at (888) 541-4894 with any questions, concerns or constructive comments about the Missouri eFiling System.

 

We appreciate your patience and cooperation during this pilot phase, and we look forward to working with you to help make electronic filing a reality in Missouri.