SRCR 2

In these rules:

1. “Court file” means all the pleadings, orders, exhibits, discovery, and other papers properly filed with the clerk of the court under a single or consolidated case number(s).

2. “Court record” includes, but is not limited to:

(a) Any document, information, exhibit, or other thing that is maintained by a court in connection with a judicial proceeding; and

(b) Any index, calendar, docket, register of actions, official record of the proceedings, order, decree, judgment, minute, and any information in a case management system created or prepared by the court that is related to a judicial proceeding.

“Court record” does not include data maintained by or for a judge pertaining to a particular case or party, such as personal notes and communications, memoranda, drafts, or other working papers; or information gathered, maintained, or stored by a government agency or other entity to which the court has access but which is not entered in connection with a judicial proceeding, nor does it include documents or information provided to the court for inspection or in camera review unless made a part of the court record by order.

3. “Person” shall include and apply to corporations, firms, associations and all other entities, as well as natural persons.

4. “Seal.” To seal means to protect from examination by the public and unauthorized court personnel. A motion or order to delete, purge, remove, excise, erase, or redact shall be treated as a motion or order to seal.

5. “Redact.” To redact means to protect from examination by the public and unauthorized court personnel a portion or portions of a specified court record.

6. “Restricted personal information” includes a person’s social security number, driver’s license or identification card number, telephone numbers, financial account numbers, personal identification numbers (PINs), and credit card or debit card account numbers, in combination with any required security code, access code, or password that would permit access to a person’s financial account(s). The term does not include the last four digits of a social security number or publicly available information that is lawfully made available to the general public.