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(A) Applicability. By filing or serving documents through the EFS, a

person consents to be served and to receive notice through the EFS in that

case, unless the person is an interface user as defined by Rule 33(E)(2). The

filer must add a service email address in the filer’s account. All documents

filed in the EFS must be served through the EFS, except the following, which

must be served by conventional service in accordance with the Maine Rules of

Civil and Criminal Procedure:

(1) Summonses, applications for warrants, warrants,

complaints, indictments, informations, and other case initiating

documents;

(2) Subpoenas;

(3) Ex parte motions filed with the complaint;

(4) Any documents that cannot by law be served electronically;

(5) Any documents to be served on those who cannot be served

using the EFS; and

(6) Any documents for which a court order requires

conventional service.

(B) Service Recipients. The filer must provide the name and service

email address of the filer to be used by the EFS in the case. By selecting service

recipients for service in the EFS, the filer consents to have electronic

documents filed in the case served on those service recipients. The filer must

update contact information as needed. Filers must not add as service contacts

those who have not authorized the filer to add them.

(C) Service Through the EFS. When a document must be served

through the EFS, the filer must complete service on any required service

recipients at the time of submission.

(D) Conventional Service. A person who does not use the EFS must

be served conventionally.

(E) Service of Documents to Which Access has been Limited, and

Documents Submitted for In Camera Review. Regardless of method of filing,

documents should only be served consistent with the level of access allowed.

(F) Certificate of Service. A certificate of service must be filed with

the court only when documents are served conventionally, in accordance with

the applicable procedural rules.

(G) Documents by the Court. The court may send documents and

notice electronically if the court has an email address for the intended

recipient.

(H) Service of Discovery. Service of discovery documents through

the EFS is permitted but not required. Discovery documents served through

the EFS are not court records and are nonpublic.