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Where is electronic court filing available in California?
Learn more about mandatory and voluntary eFiling courts and case types.
You can use One Legal to file court documents all of California's 58 superior courts.
Where eFiling is available, your filing will be submitted to the court electronically (learn more about eFiling in the eFiling basics section).
Where electronic filing is not available, your documents will be printed and physically delivered to the courthouse by a One Legal court runner (learn more in the physical paper filing section).
When you are in the court filing platform, you will see the indication in the upper left of the screen whether you are eFiling or physically filing:
This table was last updated on February 6, 2020.
The table below shows only courts that have enabled electronic court filing. File into all other courts using One Legal's traditional paper filing offering. See full-service directory>>
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County |
Civil Unltd. |
Civil Ltd. |
Small Claim |
Probate |
Family |
| Butte |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
| Calaveras |
 Electronic |
 Electronic |
 Electronic |
 Electronic |
 Electronic |
| Fresno |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
| Kern |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Paper |
 Electronic |
 Electronic |
| Los Angeles |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Paper |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Paper |
| Merced |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
| Monterey |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
| Napa |
 Electronic |
 Electronic |
 Electronic |
 Electronic |
 Electronic |
| Orange |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
| San Diego |
 Electronic |
 Electronic |
 Electronic |
 Electronic |
 Electronic |
| San Francisco* |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic |
 Electronic (Trust only) |
 Paper |
| San Luis Obispo |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
| San Mateo |
 Electronic |
 Electronic |
 Electronic |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
| Santa Barbara |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
| Santa Clara |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
| Santa Cruz |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
| Sonoma |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
| Stanislaus |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
| Sutter |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
| Yuba |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
 Electronic (mandatory) |
Courts not listed above are physical filing only. In some courts, eDelivery has been enabled.
Persons not represented by counsel (self-represented litigants/pro per) may eFile documents, but eFiling is not required.
* In San Francisco Case initiations in Civil Limited & Unlimited must be traditionally filed at the clerk's window. Complex cases and probate/mental health cases must be filed using File&ServeXpress.