Appellate eFiling

The Minnesota Appellate E-Filing Application (E-MACS) is the electronic filing system for all documents in cases pending before the Minnesota Court of Appeals and the Minnesota Supreme Court. E-MACS also allows for electronic service of documents on other registered users within the E-MACS system.

Appellate Courts Outage Log

E-filing is required in all appellate cases for:

all attorneys admitted to practice in the State of Minnesota or admitted pro hac vice to practice before the appellate courts of Minnesota,
court reporters,
executive branch records managers,
court appointed examiners and
panels appointed by the appellate courts.

E-filing is voluntary for self-represented litigants.

E-MACS offers one electronic location at which you can, at any time, prepare, file, and (in some cases) serve documents electronically, as well as access notifications received on recent cases.

E-MACS is available 24/7. Filings submitted before 11:59 p.m. will be considered submitted that day, even when the Office of Clerk of Appellate Courts is not open. If accepted by the clerk’s office after review, submissions will be considered ‘filed’ as of the date of submission.

Tips for Effective E-Filing:

Use a black pen when adding all signatures to documents. Ink in other colors does not necessarily show up when the documents are scanned.
Do not submit a PDF document that includes a digital signature placed by use of an electronic signature application such as CoSign. Scanned documents signed in ink or a document that includes a signature placed by use of word-processing applications or a /s/ designation are acceptable.
If you receive an email notifying you that your filing was rejected, the email includes instructions to correct the specific issue that caused your filing to be rejected.
If you receive an email notifying you that there was an error and your filing was not received by the Clerk’s Office, you will need to re-submit your filing. If you continue receiving error messages, please contact the Clerk’s Office for assistance.
For more troubleshooting information, see FAQ - Appellate E-Filing and additional Instructions for E-Filing, linked below under E-MACS Support and Instructions.

Certain documents may require a filing fee to be paid at the time of e-filing. E-MACS allows payment of filing fees by credit card. Credit card companies may charge processing fees for processing a payment online via E-MACS. Any such credit card fees are paid by the e-filer.

Order Regarding Fees Associated With Processing Electronic Submissions in the Appellate Courts

E-MACS Support

For questions regarding E-MACS, please consult the instructions for e-filing linked below, or call the Clerk of Appellate Courts Office at (651) 291-5297.

Clerk's Office hours of operation: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday

E-MACS Terms & Conditions

Clerk of the Appellate Courts