Maricopa Cnty. Super. Ct. eFiling Guidelines § 1.1

1.1 Definition of Terms

Arbitrator: A person who conducts an arbitration. In most cases the arbitrator is an attorney, either alone or as part of a panel.

Case Management System: The system in use by the Clerk and the Court to docket, calendar, assign, and track cases.

Conventionally File: Filing or service of paper documents.

Document Management System: The electronic document storage and imaging system maintained by the Clerk of the Superior Court.

eFile: Electronic transmission of an original document to the Court, and from the Court, for the purposes of filing.

EFSP: Electronic Filing Service Provider. A private or public entity authorized to provide eFiling services to Arizona court filers.

Electronic Service: Electronic transmission of a copy of the document to case participants as required by statute and Court rule and as

designated by the filing party. eFiling does not include service of process or summons to gain jurisdiction over persons or property.

Electronic Document: An original document filed with the Clerk's Office in electronic format.

Filing: Documents, either electronic or paper, submitted to the Clerk for filing.

Hyperlink: An electronic connection or reference to another place in the document, or to a web page outside the document, such

that when selected the user is taken to the portion of the document or web page to which the hyperlink refers.

Official Parties: Official parties to a case include named plaintiffs and defendants, as well as an attorney representing a plaintiff

or defendant.

Other Case Participants: A person who participates in a court case who is neither a party in the case nor an attorney representing a

party in the case. An example might be a probation officer, an intervenor, or a process server.

PDF: Portable Document Format - A file format that preserves all fonts, formatting, colors, and graphics of the original source

document, regardless of the application platform used.

Scanned Document: An electronic image created by scanning a paper document.

Superior Court-hosted eFiling System: eFiling Online, the eFiling system developed by the Clerk of the Superior Court in

Maricopa County, located at https://efilingonline.clerkofcourt.maricopa.gov/web/#/.