Appellate court eFiling - Creating an eCourts account to eFile documents with the appellate courts

Purpose: Electronically filing documents with the appellate court requires an eCourts account. To create an eCourts account, complete the following steps.

Applicable Users: Appellate eFilers

1. Visit the eCourts website: https://logon.wicourts.gov/.
   
2. Select the Create an account link.
   
3. Select the user type depending upon your filing needs. The only user types eligible for eFiling with the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals are Self-represented party, Wisconsin attorney, Pro hac vice attorney, and Non-party filer. A Wisconsin attorney already has an eCourts account. Select one of the eligible user types and then select [Next].
   
4. Complete the required fields, noted in bold. Fields will vary depending on the account type you are creating. When your name is printed on court forms, it will print exactly as you entered the information for the first, last, and middle name/initial. When you are finished, select [Next].
   
5. Enter an email address or mobile phone number where account information can be sent should you need to recover your user name or password and you no longer have access to your primary email address. To proceed, select the [Next] button.
   
6. Enter your primary mailing address and other contact information. This section is only required for certain eCourts account types. When you are finished, select [Next].
   
   Note: The address provided will be saved as your default address for all county circuit courts.
7. If you are creating an attorney eCourts account, you can add additional addresses for specific counties by selecting the Add another address link.
8. Enter all required address information. If you would like this address to replace your existing address on pending cases or to make this address your primary address in specific circuit courts, select the appropriate check box. When you are finished, select [Save] and then, select [Next] to continue with account set-up.
   
9. To enable independent account recovery in the future, you must select and answer three security questions. These questions will be asked in the event that you forget your log in credentials. Choose three security questions from the available list and select the [Next] button.
   
10. Provide answers to the security questions selected. Responses are not case sensitive. To complete eCourts account setup, select [Create account].
    
11. Upon successful account creation, a confirmation email will be sent from the eCourts System to the email address entered during the registration process. This email will contain your user name and PIN. Save or record this information for future use.
12. To activate your eCourts account, you can either:
    1. Select the eCourts link provided in the New user registration email.
    2. Or, if the confirmation page is still open from the registration process, you can select the activate your account link on that page instead.
       
13. On the eCourts website enter your User name and Password, and then select the [Log in] button.
14. Enter the PIN provided in the confirmation email, and select [Continue].
    
15. You will be redirected to a page confirming activation of your eCourts account. You may now use the Appellate court eFiling system.