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Registered User Filing Guide: Pursuant to Minn. Gen. R. Prac. 14.03 (g), everyone who uses eFiling and eService needs to follow the Guide.

eFile and eServe Resources

Training and instructional materials are available on the eFile and eServe Training tab.

To make sure electronically filed cases and documents are efficiently processed the following resources are available to filers in addition to the training sessions and materials. Filers are encouraged to review and use these resources.

Case Type Indexes and E-Filing Code Guides

This information is provided to help filers choose the correct case type when filing a new case in eFile and eServe (eFS) and the correct filing codes when filing a document. Both documents include recommended filing descriptions as well as the applicable document security levels. Use the indexes to ensure the filing code selected most accurately describes the filed document. For example, certain documents are required by court rule or statute to be sealed or confidential in public criminal cases and there are specific filing codes for those documents. The recommended document security levels are the lowest security level for a document. Filers may need to increase security levels based on the content of the document.

Specify whether a document is public, confidential, or sealed. If a normally public document should be confidential or sealed, cite the specific legal authority. However, it is not necessary to cite legal authority when using public filing codes in a confidential juvenile delinquency case. If there is no legal authority to increase security, the document will be classified at the lowest security level for that document type.

It is important to file each document using a separate filing code. Do not combine documents. If no additional description is necessary, use a placeholder such as a period in the Filing Description field. Filing descriptions are visible in the electronic court record so filers should not include information that should not be accessible by the public, other parties, or justice agency partners. See Best Practices: eFS for Minnesota Filers for more detail.

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