Local Civil Rules of Court

CIVIL RULE 15 FACSIMILE FILING

A. GENERAL POLICY
B. AGENCY FILING
C. DIRECT FILING

A. GENERAL POLICY

The Superior Court of Santa Clara County hereby adopts CRC 2.300 et seq. allowing for the facsimile filing of documents in all civil cases.

(Eff. 7/01/07)

B. AGENCY FILING

Pursuant to CRC 2.303, the Court accepts for filing all documents submitted by fax filing agencies, except those specified in CRC 2.300(b).

(Eff. 7/01/07)

C. DIRECT FILING

(1) Pursuant to CRC 2.304, the Court accepts for filing all documents submitted by facsimile transmission directly with the Court through the Court’s automated facsimile filing system, except those specified in CRC 2.300(b).

(Eff. 7/01/07)

(2) The Court’s facsimile machine is available 24 hours a day.

(3) The Court’s Automated Fax Filing service must be activated by calling
1-800-322-4945. The filing attorney must provide a credit card number, expiration date and fax number. The Court will maintain the confidentiality of the filing attorney’s credit card number.

(4) The Court’s automated facsimile filing telephone number is
1-800-547-4581.

(5) In addition to filing and facsimile transmission fees, a party who facsimile files a new complaint will be charged a postage and handling fee for issuance of the summons and notices issued by the Court at time of filing.

(6) Faxed documents must comply with all filing requirements otherwise listed in the State and Local Rules of Court. Compliance with filing requirements and proper transmission of the documents are the responsibility of the sending party and the automated fax filing service.

(Eff. 7/01/02)

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