eFile/eCourts
Circuit court eFiling
Participating counties
Mandatory eFiling in the Wisconsin circuit courts is being phased in on a county-by-county and case-type-by-case-type basis. At present, attorneys and high-volume filing agents with cases in Wisconsin counties are required to eFile:
- civil (CV) and small claims (SC);
- family (FA) and paternity (PA);
- criminal (CR, CM, & CT), traffic (TR), and ordinance (FO);
- formal (PR) and informal probate (IN);
- guardianship (GN) and commitment (ME); and
- judgment and lien (CL, CO, FJ, HL, OL, & TJ) case types.
eFiling will continue to be voluntary for self-represented litigants. See Wis. Stats. § 801.18 for additional details about mandatory eFiling.
Counties may offer voluntary eFiling for case types in addition to those listed above. The map featured here illustrates the current state of eFiling in each county along with information about future implementations. Click on a county on the map for a description of available eFiling case types.
Voluntary eFiling of AD, JA, JG, and JM cases. Counties shaded in gold on the map currently offer voluntary eFiling for adoption (AD), juvenile adoption (JA), juvenile guardianship (JG), and juvenile civil commitment (JM) cases.
Voluntary eFiling of CI, CX, JD, JC, JO, JV, and TP cases. Counties shaded in lavender on the map currently offer voluntary eFiling for commitment of an inmate (CI), complex forfeiture (CX), John Doe (JD), juvenile CHIPS (JC), juvenile civil law and ordinance violations (JO), juvenile delinquency (JV), and juvenile termination of parental rights cases (TP) in addition to AD, JA, JG, and JM cases.
The scope of mandatory eFiling will continue to expand, including more case types and class codes over time. While eFiling is not currently available for temporary restraining order and injunction cases, they will be added in the future as well.
A table showing the eFiling status in each county is available here.
Upcoming mandatory eFiling implementations
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