I § 2 General Electronic Filing Requirements [additionally, see Rule XLII]
Part A: Practice and Procedure | Rule I: General Filing and Confidentiality Requirements
Rule Text
A. The Supreme Court of Louisiana shall provide technical support for its electronic filing portal during normal business hours. The failure of technical support to resolve a technical issue arising on the user’s side shall not be considered in determining the timeliness of any electronic filing.
B. An electronically filed document shall be considered timely filed if the electronic filing process is completed through the electronic filing portal at any time before 12:00 AM, Midnight, Central Time on or before the date on which the filing is due, unless another specific time is mandated by order, rule, or statute. In the event an electronic filing is untimely due to a technical failure, the attorney may seek relief from the Court only after the filing has been properly submitted in compliance with all applicable rules. Relief shall be requested by motion setting forth the nature and circumstances of the technical failure.
C. Electronic signatures on electronically filed documents must include the notation, “/s/”, and the attorney’s name in the space where the attorney’s signature would otherwise appear on the electronically filed document. Signature(s) on an electronically filed document shall have the same legal effect as any signature(s) on a conventionally filed document.
D. Electronically filed documents shall be submitted in PDF-A format and shall not exceed 250 pages or 175 megabytes. Documents exceeding these limits may be divided into multiple files and submitted in compliance with this Rule.
E. Filings that contain digital media shall be submitted in either .MP3, .MP4, .JPG, or .WAV format types.
F. The Clerk of Court’s Office shall not accept digital media that is encrypted or that requires third-party software installation.
G. Digital media that cannot be electronically filed shall be mailed or hand-delivered to the Clerk of Court’s Office on two (2) flash drives, constituting an original and duplicate. Flash drives shall be filed in durable, clearly labeled envelopes. The digital media files shall be clearly labeled and indexed to reflect the contents of the submission.
H. Paper copies of electronically filed documents are not required and shall not be submitted unless requested by the Court.