Manual Updated: 5/14/13

ECF database is available 24 hours, 7 days a week, including weekends and holidays. The filing day begins 12:00 a.m. and ends at 11:59 p.m.

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Specialty ECF Features

• CM/ECF System Questions
• ECF Hardware/Software/Requirements
• Adobe Acrobat & PDF Files
• Browsers: Firefox / Internet Explorer
• Internet Service Providers
• PACER Login
• Petition Software
• TXT Files
• How to Access Closed Cases
• How to Avoid Multiple Logins
• How to Pay Filing Fees
• How to Reset ECF Password if Lost or Forgotten
• How to Update Your ECF Account or Address
• Your Password
• Your E-Mail Address

• Bankruptcy Filing Requirements
• CM/ECF Filing Objectives
• E-Order Guidelines
• Filing Tips and  Terms
• Formatting Documents
• Log into the Live Database
• Log into the Training Database

• BK Confidential Newsletter
• CASB's Website
• Court Forms
• Credit Counseling Agencies
• Debtor Education Providers
• Document Events

  The Document Event represents the document that will be filed electronically. The document events can be found through the Search option on the CM/ECF menu bar.

  The online document event Search option allows the filer to locate the appropriate document event from the CM/ECF Menu Bar and to proceed with filing the document.

  1. Log into the CM/ECF using your ECF login and password.
  2. Click Search on the CM/ECF Menu Bar.
  3. Enter a word, phrase or court form number of  the desired event in the "Search Menus and Events" box.
     • Click the magnifying glass to begin the search.
  4. Review the list of hyperlinked document events, which will contain the entered word(s) or form number, to determine the appropriate document event for your document. Each event will appear below the category through which it is filed.
  5. Click on the appropriate event to commence the filing process.
  6. Access and follow the associated procedure from the Manual (located on the CM/ECF Menu Bar) to ensure accurate filing of the document.
     • Filing the document through this venue will automatically skip steps one and two of the Manual's procedures.

  The ECF manual has step-by-step procedures for most of the document events in the Document Event directories. You can search your event using the Search field on the manual.

   

• ECF Training Videos
• Fee Schedule
• Local Rules
• Admin Procedures for ECF
• General Order 162-A
• Post Judgement Interest Rate
• Trustee and U.S. Trustee

• File Transfer Protocol
• Registration to Creditor's Preferred Address
• Route Documents to Trustee
• Route Documents to UST
• View Your ECF Transaction