Rule 30. Electronic service of filed documents

System service on acceptance

When the Clerk Accepts a filing, the ECMS provides best-effort electronic notice and document access to every other recorded case participant, including parties, lead electronic counsel, and the assigned Justice. The filer receives the acceptance decision rather than a duplicate service notice.

Completion

Electronic service is complete when the ECMS records dispatch of the acceptance notice to an eligible participant. Receipt, opening, or reading is not required unless a statute or order requires personal delivery or acknowledgment.

Represented party

Service on lead electronic counsel is service on a represented party. A direct system notice to the client is an additional courtesy and does not create a separate deadline. Lead electronic counsel must promptly transmit the filing to additional counsel.

Self-represented consent

A self-represented party gives written consent to Supreme Court electronic service by:

Before one of those acts, an initiating party must complete alternative service under Rule 31. A system courtesy notice sent before consent does not alone replace required original process.

Filing is not service

Because system service occurs on acceptance, filing and service are distinct events. If a statute or order requires service upon filing, the filer must use a concurrent method under Rule 31 and file proof.

Failure notice

A participant who learns that system notice failed must promptly notify the Clerk and use a reasonable alternate method. The Clerk may reissue notice. The Court may adjust a nonjurisdictional response period when failure prevented fair notice.

Service statement

Every filing must identify whether:

A separate proof-of-service filing is required only for original process, alternative service, or when ordered.