Submitting a Filing and Requesting an Invoice

Many case initiating filings, and some filings on existing cases, carry a court imposed fee. With few exceptions, the payment of these fees must be remitted before a filing can be submitted to the court. There are some submitters, however, typically state agencies and district attorney's offices, that routinely submit a high volume of filings. Rather than requiring individual payments for their numerous submissions, the courts can permit these submitters to request an invoice for their accumulated fee total. Invoicing is available in PACFile solely at the discretion of the court and is not an option for most submitters.

When a submission is prepared where the submitter is eligible and inclined to request an invoice, it is important to complete the following in the Payment and Submission page:

• Select the checkbox signifying that the filing complies with the provisions of the Public Access Policy.

• Click on the Actions dropdown and select Submit to Court.

• Verify the list of filings ready for submission – Confirm that all the filings you want to submit appear in this screen.

• Select the Invoice checkbox - This checkbox must be selected to ensure the filing(s) can be submitted without payment and to request an invoice from the court.

  Note: Submitters who are eligible for invoicing are not required to request an invoice. This checkbox can be deselected, as desired, which would require the entry of payment information before the filing can be submitted.

Once these steps have been completed, click the Submit button. This action submits your filing(s) to the court and performs eService to the PACFile-registered attorneys and pro se litigants on the case(s). The court will send the invoice for the corresponding submission, and potentially other submissions, at a later date.

Filings cannot be edited after they are submitted.