E-filing and paper filing in local, state and federal courts across all 50 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico. We check the format against that court’s own rules before it goes in, tender the fee, and send back the conformed copy.
Online intake is open any hour — or call (800) 321-2377.
Free and no obligation. Upload the documents, name the court, pick a rate of service — and put the filing fee amount in the fee field. Prefer email? info@served123.com
Plenty of clerks will not take a card and will not take a personal cheque. It’s a cashier’s cheque made out to that court, or exact cash — which means whoever walks up to the window has to arrive holding the right instrument for the right figure. There is no rounding up and no change.
That figure depends on your filing type, your page count, the number of parties, and that court’s own schedule. You are the one who knows what you’re filing, so you confirm the amount with the court and put it on the order. Guessing it turns into a wasted trip to the courthouse and a filing that didn’t go in.
Once we have the figure, the money runs through a fee retainer: set with your quote, drawn down against what the clerk actually charges, and reconciled after — refunded if it comes in under, billed if it runs over.
Filings get rejected over formatting far more than over substance. Here is what each stage needs from you and what it produces.
The documents to file, the court’s name and address, and the case number if one exists. New matters without a number are fine — say so.
Confirmation of which channel that court uses — e-file portal, PACER, or a physical counter — and a written quote before anything is submitted.
The exact fee, confirmed with the court. Cashier’s cheque and exact-cash clerks leave no room to estimate, and the runner can’t improvise at the window.
A fee retainer set to that figure, the correct instrument prepared in the court’s name, and reconciliation after — refunded under, billed over.
Nothing further. This is ours — though if your court has a standing order or a judge’s preferred form, send it and it gets applied.
Caption style, page numbering, signature blocks, exhibit bookmarking and local-rule requirements checked against that court. Anything that looks wrong comes back to you first.
Approval of the quote. You don’t need your own portal account — this is the usual route for counsel filing outside their home state.
The submission receipt, then the electronic file-stamp once the clerk accepts, delivered with written confirmation.
The same package, plus wet-signature originals where the court requires them. Tell us if anything must be filed under seal or lodged rather than filed.
A runner at the clerk’s window with the fee instrument in hand, file-stamped copies retrieved and scanned back to you, originals returned where the court doesn’t keep them.
A quick decision on the correction where it’s a substantive call. Where it’s purely formatting, we fix it and go again.
The rejection reason in plain terms, the correction, and a refile — included in the assignment, not billed as a new one. We move as fast as the correction allows; we can’t extend a court’s deadline and won’t claim to.
Not sure which channel your court uses? Send the documents and the court. Working that out is part of the job — scope, the fee retainer and the rate of service are confirmed in writing before anything is submitted. Full filing FAQ.
Four dispatch speeds, exactly as they appear on the order form. Pick one there — the rate you choose is the rate quoted back to you.
These are when the filing goes in, not when the clerk accepts it. Acceptance is the court’s call and its timing is the court’s to set — a portal outage, a queue, or a technical rejection all sit outside anyone’s control but the clerk’s. If you have a hard deadline, put it on the order and we’ll tell you whether the rate you picked is realistic for that court.
Not over the argument. Four things we do on every assignment so it goes in clean the first time.
Caption style, page numbering, signature blocks, exhibit bookmarking, local rules. Most rejections are one of these, and all of them are visible before submission if somebody actually looks.
PACER and CM/ECF, Tyler, Odyssey, eFlex and proprietary state portals — and a runner to the counter for the courts that still want paper, originals, or a fee tendered in person.
A technical rejection gets corrected and refiled inside the same assignment rather than billed as a new one. We move as fast as the correction allows — what we can’t do is extend a deadline the court set.
Cashier’s cheque in the court’s name, or exact cash, for the figure you confirmed. Fees run through a retainer, drawn down against the actual charge and reconciled after.
More detail in the full filing FAQ, or email info@served123.com.
Confirm the filing fee with the court, put it on the order, and we'll come back with the channel, the scope, the fee retainer and the rate in writing before anything is submitted.
This page is informational and is not legal advice. Served 123 LLC is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or representation; results are not guaranteed. Rate of service refers to when a filing is submitted to the court, not to when the clerk accepts it — acceptance, queue position and rejection are the court's. Court filing fees are confirmed by the client with the destination court, handled through a separate retainer drawn down against the actual charge and reconciled after the work, and are not part of the service fee.
