Vt. Ct. Admin'r Directive PG-12

STATE OF VERMONT

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR

Administrative Directive No. PG-12 is amended as follows (new matter underlined):

AUTHORIZATION OF ELECTRONIC FILING IN

THE JUDICIAL BUREAU

Pursuant to 2020 Vermont Rule for Electronic Filing 1( e), the Court Administrator

authorizes electronic filing to commence in the Judicial Bureau beginning April 2 7, 2020. This

notice will be sent to all members of the Vermont Bar with instructions on how to efile consistent

with the 2020 Vermont Rules for Electronic Filing.

Pursuant to 2020 Vermont Rule for Electronic Filing 1(e), the following individuals and

entities are permitted and required to file electronically in the Judicial Bureau. These

requirements replace the provisions of 2020 Vermont Rule for Electronic Filing 3 for cases filed in

the Judicial Bureau.

(a) Electronic Filing Required. Except as provided in (b) and (c), a ttorneys representing a

party must electronically file in the Judicial Bureau.

(b) Nonelectronic Filing Permitted. A document may be filed nonelectronically when:

(1) The filer is not an attorney representing a party and has not filed electronically in the

case;

(2) Nonelectronic filing of a particular document is permitted by the court to protect

confidentiality or for other good cause;

(3) A filer is excused from electronic filing by the court when exceptional circumstances

make electronic filing not feasible;

(4) Nonelectronic filing is expressly permitted by these rules or an applicable rule of

procedure;

(5) An item cannot reasonably be scanned and filed electronically because of its size, shape,

or condition; or

(6) The electronic filing system is unavailable when the filer seeks to make an electronic

filing, despite reasonable efforts to make a filing or in the case of a preannounced

system outage.

(c) Nonelectronic Filing Required. A document must be nonelectronically filed when:

(1) nonelectronic filing is expressly required by these rules or an applicable rule of

procedure; or

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(2) the court orders a filer to nonelectronically file upon a finding that the filer has abused

the efiling system by repeated filing of irrelevant, abusive, or duplicative documents or

information.

(d) Election to Efile.

(1) Electing to Efile. Unless ordered otherwise, any filer not represented by an attorney may

elect to electronically file and serve but is not required to do so.

(2) Duration of Electronic Filing. Once a filer commences efiling in a case, the filer must

continue to efile throughout the duration of the case unless the filer obtains a court order

of discontinuance issued for good cause shown and after notifying all other parties that the

litigant will not be efiling in the future. Efiling in one case does not create an obligation to

efile in another case.

(3) Guide and File. A self-represented litigant who prepares and efiles a document through

Guide and File is not required to continue to file electronically in that case as a result of that

filing.

This directive, as amended, is effective immediately.

Dated this 20th day of April, 2020 ____________________________________________________

Patricia Gabel, Esq.

State Court Administrator