When you click the SUBMIT button, your filing is immediately transmitted to the court and it will show with a status of PENDING in our system.
Envelope Number:
When you submit your documents, the court immediately assigns a unique envelope number. This number serves as confirmation of receipt and signifies that your filing has been placed in the court clerk’s review queue.
File Stamp Date and Time:
An accepted filing’s official file stamp reflects the date and time the envelope number was issued, not the time of clerk review. If the submission is made on a weekend or court closure, the file stamp will show the next business day’s date and time.
Clerk Review Times:
The length of time it takes the filing clerk to review the submission will vary from court to court. The clerk’s review of the submission can take as little as a minute, to a few hours, to a full business day, or longer depending on their backlog of submissions. Filers may go to the Filing Status screen at any time to see the status of their pending filing.
Any filer concerned about the status of their submission will want to reach out to the filing clerk at the court directly and provide them the assigned envelope number for reference.
Length of Time to Review Documents that need Signatures
For documents that require a subsequent review by a judicial official, the filing clerk conduct their review as usual and then stamp the document as Electronically Received or Electronically Submitted. With that “received” stamp, the filing clerk then forwards the document to the proper judicial official to conduct their subsequent review. The length of time it takes for that judicial official to conduct their review also depends on that judicial official’s backlog.