What to Send Us
- Each document, signed and as it should be filed
- The court: its name, city or county, and state
- The case number, or New case if none yet
- The court’s fee, and any deadline
E-filed where the court allows a filing service, filed at the clerk’s counter where it takes paper. We pay the court fee and send back the file-stamped copy.
No payment until you approve the quote.
E-filed or at the counter stamped copy backRush 1-2 / Standard 3-5 business days
A court filing service submits your documents to the clerk of the court for you: by e-filing where the court allows a filing service to submit, or at the clerk’s counter where the court takes paper. You send the documents, the court and the fee; we submit them and send back the file-stamped copy.
Firms, and people handling their own case, use us when the court is out of state or a deadline leaves no time to learn a new clerk’s rules.
Every court sets its own way in. Some states require e-filing through one statewide portal, some leave it to each court, and some courts still take paper at the window. The quote names the route your court uses before anything is submitted.
Whether a filing is accepted is the clerk’s decision.
The same five steps apply in every court. What changes from court to court is step four: e-file or counter, and which portal.
Upload each document as it should be filed, name the court and give the case number, or tick New case if there is none yet.
Your free written quote names the route, the court fee and the rate you chose. Nothing is filed until you approve it.
We check what clerks reject most before it goes in. Anything off comes back to you first, not to the clerk.
E-filed where the court allows a filing service to submit, or filed at the clerk’s counter where the court takes paper.
You receive the file-stamped copy and the court’s receipt for the fee, ready for your file and your docket.
We e-file from our own portal account, naming the attorney of record as the filer, and send back the file-stamped copy. That works where the court allows a filing service to submit for counsel.
Texas requires attorneys to e-file through eFileTexas.gov and a certified e-filing service provider. Illinois requires e-filing in civil cases through eFileIL and a certified e-filing service provider. Florida attorneys file through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.
In California, e-filing is set court by court, through the court’s approved e-filing service providers. Pennsylvania and Ohio set e-filing court by court, by local rule. In New York Supreme Court e-filed cases, a registered NYSCEF filing agent may file for counsel of record once counsel’s statement of authorization is on file.
Choose Not Sure on the form. Your quote names the route before anything is submitted.
We file at the clerk’s counter in courts that take paper, and send the stamped copies back to you.
Counter filing is not a way around a court that requires e-filing. Where attorneys must e-file, the filing goes in through the portal, and the quote says so.
Payment rules differ by clerk. Some take no cards and no personal checks, only a cashier’s check or money order made out to the court, or cash at the counter. Others take cards, and a few federal clerks take no cash at all. Where cash is accepted, many clerks cannot make change, so the exact amount matters.
CM/ECF covers the U.S. district, bankruptcy and appellate courts. In federal court, a represented party files electronically through its attorney’s own CM/ECF account.
Some federal courts let an attorney’s authorized agent submit under the attorney’s account; others do not, so we confirm the court’s rule first.
Every court sets its own fee for each kind of filing. Confirm the exact amount with the court and enter it on the form.
The fee you enter goes on your invoice as a Filing Fee and a Check Advance Fee. We pay the court, and the stamped receipt comes back with the filing.
If the clerk’s actual fee differs from the amount you entered, we refund or invoice the difference.
Courts post their filing fees on a fee schedule, usually on the clerk’s page of the court’s website. Use the fee for the exact filing you are sending.
A new case, an answer and a motion often carry different fees. The clerk’s office can confirm the amount before you order.
The route, the fee and the rate, in one written quote. Get a free quote
The form above takes all of it. If something is missing, we ask before anything goes to the court. Email works too: send the documents to info@served123.com with the court and the case number.
In California, once the clerk accepts an e-filing, the court’s electronic endorsement has the same force as a file stamp.
Before it goes in we check what clerks reject most: PDF format, signatures, the case number, the fee and the document type. Anything off comes back to you first.
The pre-check is not a legal review. What the documents say, and whether they meet the court’s local rules, stays with you and your counsel.
Send the documents, get the stamped copy. Get a free quote
If the clerk rejects it, we send you the reason in plain terms. A rejection caused by our submission is refiled at no charge. One caused by the documents themselves needs your corrected copy, and the refile is quoted before it goes in.
Enter your filing deadline on the form and choose the rate that fits it. Standard is submitted within 3 to 5 business days; Rush within 1 to 2 business days. The court, not us, decides when a filing is accepted, so leave room before a hard deadline.
A new case usually means a summons to serve next. Once the court issues it, we can serve it for you: see service of process.
A subpoena from your state for a witness in another state may need to be domesticated first. That is its own filing in the witness’s state: see subpoena domestication.
Need copies of what is already on file? We pull them from the clerk: see document retrieval.
See our pricing page.
What attorneys, paralegals and people handling their own case ask before they send a filing to a court they cannot reach.
Where the court allows a filing service to submit, yes: we e-file from our own portal account, naming the attorney of record as the filer, and send back the file-stamped copy. In federal court, a represented party files electronically through its attorney’s own CM/ECF account, so the route there depends on that court’s rule.
Only where the court’s rules allow: some federal courts let an attorney’s authorized agent submit under the attorney’s account; others do not, so we confirm the court’s rule first. CM/ECF covers the U.S. district, bankruptcy and appellate courts.
Choose Not Sure on the form. Your written quote names the route before anything is submitted. Where attorneys must e-file, the filing goes in through the portal.
It is the court’s own fee for the filing, not our fee. Confirm the exact amount with the court and enter it. It goes on your invoice as a Filing Fee and a Check Advance Fee, we pay the court, and the stamped receipt comes back with the filing.
If the clerk’s actual fee differs from the amount you entered, we refund or invoice the difference.
If the clerk rejects it, we send you the reason in plain terms. A rejection caused by our submission is refiled at no charge. One caused by the documents themselves needs your corrected copy, and the refile is quoted before it goes in.
Before it goes in we check what clerks reject most: PDF format, signatures, the case number, the fee and the document type. Anything off comes back to you first. It is not a legal review; the content of the documents stays with you and your counsel.
Yes. Tick “New case (no number yet)” on the form, upload the complaint or petition, and enter the opening fee.
Standard is submitted within 3-5 business days and Rush within 1-2 business days. The court decides when a filing is accepted, so enter any deadline on the form and leave room before it.
Yes. A new case usually means a summons to serve once the court issues it. Ask for service in Special Instructions, or see our service of process page.
Still deciding? Call (800) 321-2377 or get a free quote.
Upload the documents and name the court. Your free written quote names the route, the court fee and the rate before anything is filed.
Questions first? Call or email us.
The court decides whether a filing is accepted. Served 123 LLC is not a law firm and does not give legal advice.