N.M. Sup. Ct. Attorney Supreme Court Tutorial Slides 042820171

USING FILE AND SERVE

FOR E-FILING TO THE

NEW MEXICO SUPREME COURT

HTTPS://WWW.NMCOURTS.GOV/SUPREME-

COURT/-ELECTRONIC-FILING-.ASPX

CALENDAR

 Electronic filing in the Supreme Court will be

voluntary beginning May 1

 Starting July 1, electronic filing in the Supreme

Court will be mandatory

ATTORNEYS NEW TO FILE AND SERVE

CAID Number – from the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office at

505-827-4860 or nmsupremecourtclerk@nmcourts.gov

Firm User Accounts and Supreme Court Waiver

Account

File and Serve Firm Account – through Tyler

Technologies

Webex training with Tyler Technologies – accessed

through the Supreme Court website or File and Serve

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HTTPS://NEWMEXICO.TYLERHOST.NET/OFSWEB

IN-PERSON SUPREME COURT ELECTRONIC FILING

TRAINING DATES

 Friday, May 12, 2017 – 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

 Friday, May 26, 2017 – 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

 Monday, June 12, 2017 – 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 to

4:00 pm

 Thursday, June 29, 2017 – 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 to

4:00 pm

RESOURCES

File and Serve Software Application, Registration, Training

 Tyler Technologies

Call: 1-800-297-5377

New Mexico Court Questions

 Judicial Information Division

Email helpdesk@nmcourts.gov

Subject Line: “Supreme Court eFiling Issue”

FILE AND SERVE APPLICATION

 There are two versions of File and Serve

 HTML 5 – https://newmexico.tylerhost.net/ofsweb

 Silverlight – https://newmexico.tylerhost.net

 HTML 5 is built using newer technology and is not

limited to one browser type

 Silverlight is an old version and can only be

accessed via Internet Explorer 11

FILE AND SERVE LOG IN PAGE

INITIAL FILINGS TO THE SUPREME COURT

CASE INFORMATION

PARTY INFORMATION

PARTY INFORMATION

FILINGS

LEAD DOCUMENT & ATTACHMENTS

DOCUMENT RESTRICTIONS

 All formatting of electronically filed documents

must adhere to Rule 12-305

 File and Serve Requirements

 PDF files only

 25mb or less

 Scanned at no greater than 200-300 dpi

 No embedded fonts or active hyperlinks

SERVICE CONTACTS

FEES

ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF FILING

 Upon review, the Supreme Court will accept or reject the

filing

 A “Filing Accepted” notice will be emailed to the filer and

service contacts

 Some filers, after receiving the “Filing Accepted”

notice may receive a follow-up “Notice of Non-

Conforming Pleading”, requesting specific corrections

to be made and refiled as a Conformed Pleading

 If rejected, a “Filing Rejected” notice will be emailed to

the filer and service contacts with notes indicated the

rejection reason

REJECTED PLEADING REASONS

 No signature on pleading

 Poor quality scans

 Filed into the wrong court

 Case Document contains no caption or

identifying lower court case number

DOCKET FEE ASSESSMENT AND PAYMENT

 New filings are assessed a $125.00 filing fee,

unless waived for statutory reasons, and are due

within 5 days of acceptance

 Docket fee payments (filing fees) must be made

by check payable to the Supreme Court of New

Mexico and mailed to the Supreme Court Clerk’s

Office at P.O. Box 848, Santa Fe, NM 87504

 Checks must include the case number in the

notation field

DISMISSED FOR NONPAYMENT

 Cases that exceed the 5-day filing period may

be Dismissed Without Prejudice under Rule 12-

307.2(C)(5) NMRA and will receive a service

notice with the dismissal order

TO REINSTATE APPEAL

 The docketing fee must be in the hands of the

Supreme Court with the case number written on

the check within 15 days of the dismissal notice

 Filer can perform a subsequent eFiling into the

case with a filing code of RPN: Motion to

Reinstate Appeal

 The Supreme Court may then submit the Order to

Reinstate

SUBSEQUENT EFILINGS INTO A SUPREME

COURT CASE

 Supreme Court Case Number

 Filing Type: Efile or EFileandServe

 Filing Code: filtered for subsequent filings

 Payment Account: select Waiver

QUESTIONS

 Send your Supreme Court eFiling questions to

helpdesk@nmcourts.gov with “Supreme Court

eFiling Issue” in the subject line

 For case-specific questions, please contact the

Supreme Court at 505-827-4860 or email

nmsupremecourtclerk@nmcourts.gov