Juvenile ePetitions
Juvenile ePetition is an application created by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) which allows prosecutors to electronically file petitions for Juvenile Delinquency (include D16), Juvenile Traffic, Juvenile Petty Offenses, and Juvenile Extradition cases with the court. Juvenile ePetition is part of the BCA’s suite of eCharging products. The Juvenile ePetition application cannot be used to file citations in juvenile court.
Effective January 12, 2026; the use of the Juvenile ePetition application to file all petitions in juvenile court will be mandatory as required by Minn. R. Juv. Del. P. 6.03, subd. 2.
More information about Juvenile ePetitions is available in FAQ - Juvenile ePetitions.
County Attorney offices interested in implementing Juvenile ePetitions should reach out to the BCA service desk either via email at bca.servicedesk@state.mn.us or phone at (651) 793-2500 (toll free at 888-234-1119).
Court rule changes governing the filing of non-public information took effect January 1, 2021. See this News Item for more information.
For every filing, information regarding minor victims of certain sex crimes (Minn. R. Pub. Access 4, subd. 1(m)), restricted identifiers, and other nonpublic information must be redacted and/or filed as a separate confidential document when necessary, using a Cover Sheet for Non-Public Documents (Form 11.2) or an appropriate e-filling code.
A Confidential Victim Identifier Information Form for submitting minor victim information is available on managed.gov under Court Forms in the Criminal and Juvenile Delinquency categories, and the Cover Sheet for Non-Public Documents (Form 11.2) is available in the Confidential Information category. E-filing resources, including the E-Filing Code Guides are available on the eFile and eServe Resources tab of the eFile and eService page.Information for law enforcement regarding the e filing requirements for search warrants is available here: Criminal Search Warrant Filing Information.
All documents filed with the district court by attorneys and government agencies must be eFiled. Electronic filing of citations and complaints is supported by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension’s (BCA) eCharging service. All non-charging documents required to be filed with the court must also be eFiled, which is done through the Judicial Branch’s e filing and eService system, known as eFS.
Recognized exceptions to the eFiling requirement include juvenile citations, charging documents filed by agencies without a federal originating agency identifier that cannot use the BCA service, and indictments when no criminal case exists in the MN Court Information System.
If there is ever any question about whether or how a particular document should be eFiled, contact the local district court.