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RE REINSTATEMENT OF ELECTRONIC FILING PILOT PROGRAM IN RICHLAND COUNTY v. << (2018)

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

RE: REINSTATEMENT OF ELECTRONIC FILING PILOT PROGRAM IN RICHLAND COUNTY

Appellate Case No. 2015-002439

Decided: February 16, 2018

ORDER

On November 14, 2017, the Pilot Program for the Electronic Filing (E-Filing) of documents in the Court of Common Pleas was expanded to include Richland County. However, E-Filing was suspended in Richland County by Order dated November 16, 2017, due to unforeseen technical issues that made E-Filing problematic for attorneys and court personnel. Based on the substantial work performed by South Carolina Judicial Department and Richland County staff, the technical issues that adversely affected E-Filing have been remedied.

Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Article V, Section 4 of the South Carolina Constitution,

IT IS ORDERED that the Pilot Program for the E-Filing of documents in the Court of Common Pleas, which was established by Order dated December 1, 2015, shall be reinstated in Richland County effective March 8, 2018. Effective March 8, 2018, all filings in all common pleas cases commenced or pending in Richland County must be E-Filed if the party is represented by an attorney, unless the type of case or the type of filing is excluded from the Pilot Program. The counties currently designated for mandatory E-Filing are as follows:

Attorneys should refer to the South Carolina Electronic Filing Policies and Guidelines, which were adopted by the Supreme Court on October 28, 2015, and the training materials available on the E-Filing Portal page at http://www.sccourts.org/efiling/ to determine whether any specific filings are exempted from the requirement that they be E-Filed. Attorneys who have cases pending in Pilot Counties are strongly encouraged to review, and to instruct their staff to review, the training materials available on the E-Filing Portal page.

/s/ Donald W. Beatty

Donald W. Beatty

Chief Justice of South Carolina

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RE REINSTATEMENT OF ELECTRONIC FILING PILOT PROGRAM IN RICHLAND COUNTY v. << (2018)

Docket No: Appellate Case No. 2015-002439

Decided: February 16, 2018

Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina.

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