S.C. E-Filing Attorney Guide: ARG-11-Searching for Cases

ARG-11: Searching for Cases

Attorney Reference Guide

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Reference Guide Contents:

❖ Review Case and Filing Details................................ ................................ ........................ 1

❖ Search for Cases................................ ................................ ................................ ............. 3

❖ Additional Ways to Locate Cases................................ ................................ .................... 5

❖ Organize Active and Inactive Cases................................ ................................ ................ 6

Review Case and Filing Details

1. Start at the Home page and click Existing Cases.

2. Enter the Case Number.

3. Verify that the County is correct for the filing.

4. Click the History button for details, such as actions, case parties, and filings.

ARG-11: Searching for Cases

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On the Cases screen, you can click the E-File button to add a filing to the case or

click the associated link in the E-File column (in the grid).

Note See following sections Search for Cases for instructions for searching for cases by

case caption and Additional Ways to Locate Cases for searching by column

heading and cases with active or inactive settings.

Click to show or

hide case parties.

Review filed document.

5. Viewing this document opens a new tab. Click ‘x’ to close the tab and return to the

Filer Interface/Cases screen.

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6. Click the Service List link to review the list of case parties who will be served with a Notice of

Electronic Filing (NEF) in the case. Again, close the tab to return to the Filer Interface/Cases

screen.

Search for Cases

1. Start at the Home page and click Existing Cases.

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2. Click the Search Cases button.

3. Enter one name of the Case Title. This search is for one name only. Do not enter the entire

case caption. For example, to search the Case Caption for Paula Purdue vs Shafer Bank, enter

Paula, Purdue, or Shafer. If you enter Bank, the search will find all case captions that include

the name Bank.

4. Click the Search button.

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Additional Ways to Locate Cases

1. Click the Case Number column heading to list cases in alphanumerical order or reverse

alphanumerical order.

2. Click one of the three radio buttons to show only active or inactive cases or to show both.

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Organize Active and Inactive Cases

You can use the Active and Inactive feature to help organize your cases. These settings do not affect

the status of a case. It is only used on this screen to filter your cases.

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When you are not working on a case, you can click to enter a checkmark in the Inactive checkbox.

See the example shown in the screen above. All four cases are inactive. Using this feature reduces

the number of cases that show in the grid when you're searching cases you are actively working on.

If you begin to work on a case that has been set as inactive, you can change the setting to active.

1. Click the Show Inactive radio button, and the screen refreshes automatically.

2. Locate the file you want to reactivate.

3. Remove the checkmark from the Inactive checkbox. The screen refreshes automatically, and

the case is returned to the Active list.

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