Vt. eFiling: How to Register a Firm with an Attorney in eFile and Serve

HOW TO REGISTER A FIRM

WITH AN ATTORNEY IN EFILE

AND SERVE (EFS)

EFSP v1 January 2026

The Vermont Judiciary’s electronic case management and electronic filing systems have

recently been rebranded by the vendor that produces them (Tyler Technologies),

resulting in some updates to the labels by which those systems are known. For the

court’s case management system, the name “Odyssey” has been replaced by

“Enterprise Justice” or “EJ” for short. For the electronic filing system, the name

“Odyssey File & Serve” (OFS) has been replaced by “eFile & Serve” (EFS), with our

specific Vermont version also being referred to as “eFileVT.” It is understood that many

internal and external users may still refer to these systems as Odyssey, and that is

perfectly acceptable for purposes of communication to the court and among court

users. This notice is being provided to offer context as to why the court’s updated

instructional materials and announcements will no longer reference the “Odyssey”

systems. If there are any questions or concerns about these changes please feel free to

reach out to itsupport@vtcourts.gov.

Attorneys should set up a Firm Account even if operating as a sole practitioner. A Firm

account has a Firm Administrator(s) and can create other users to join the firm.

Contents

HOW TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT...................................................................................................4

ADDING A PAYMENT ACCOUNT...................................................................................................7

ADDING A WAIVER ACCOUNT......................................................................................................8

ADDING A USER TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT UNDER YOUR FIRM..................................................10

TO ASSIGN DIFFERENT ROLES FOR USERS..................................................................................12

ADDING AN ATTORNEY TO A FIRM............................................................................................13

ADD A SERVICE CONTACT TO THE PUBLIC LIST...........................................................................15

HOW TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT

Go to EFS site: https://efilevt.tylertech.cloud/OfsEfsp/ui/landing?returnUrl=%2Fdashboard

1. Click Register under Register for a Firm Account

2. Enter your email address and password you wish to use for account

 Enter your first and last name

 Enter the Firm Account information

 Check the Terms and Conditions box

3. Click Register

1. The next screen you will see is going to show the registration success. You must open the

verification email that was sent from EFS to confirm your account before you can sign in.

2. Once you have clicked the activation link in your email click continue.

3. Enter your credentials and login.

4. User will need to add any other firm users and payment account before eFiling the first time.

ADDING A PAYMENT ACCOUNT

1. Click Add a payment account on pop up window. (see picture above)

 If pop up window does not appear to access payment account, click firm management

on the left-hand side of screen

 Select Payment Accounts

 Click Add Account

2. Enter Payment Account name and all other relevant information.

3. Click continue

4. Review information and click Save information

ADDING A WAIVER ACCOUNT

Firm Administrator can add a Waiver Account for either criminal cases, stalking, RFA or if state

agency filer:

 Click Firm Management

 Click Payment Accounts

 Click “Add Account”

 Follow steps to complete

ADDING A USER TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT UNDER YOUR FIRM

The Firm Administrator(s) are responsible for creating new user accounts and adding them to

firm. To create a new user account, follow the below steps:

1. Click Firm Management on the left-hand side of screen

2. Click Firm Users

3. Click Add User on right side of screen

4. Fill out the information on the pop-up screen.

5. Check box next to filer under user role. If Firm Admin also click that box.

6. You can create a Service Contact at the same time from this window

7. Click Add Service contact and follow below directions about creating service contact

8. Click Save

9. New users will receive 2 emails

10. Users will need to click the click to activate account link from first email

11. In the second email the attorney will need to use the click here link to complete

password set up

12. They will then use that email and password to access the eFiling website

13. Firm Administrators when logged in will see that the user status has now changed to

active

TO ASSIGN DIFFERENT ROLES FOR USERS

1. Click Firm Management on the left-hand side of screen

2. Click Firm Users

3. Click on the name of the user

4. User can then check off the applicable roles needed for the user

5. For Criminal Filing Filer/Admin role please reach out to EFileSupport@vtcourts.gov

6. Save Changes

ADDING AN ATTORNEY TO A FIRM

1. Click Firm Management on the left-hand side of screen

2. Click Attorneys

3. Click Add Attorney

4. Enter Attorney Name and Attorney Bar Number. System will verify Bar Number before it

allows you to save attorney. If issue with verification of bar number please reach out to

EFileSupport@vtcourts.gov

ADDING A SERVICE CONTACT TO THE PUBLIC LIST

1. Click Service Contact on the left-hand side of the screen

2. Click Add Contact

3. Enter the Attorney’s information for service contact

4. Enter the Email Address for the Attorney

5. User can add additional admin email address under “Administrative email(s)” for other

persons to receive copies of served documents.

6. Click the check box next to Add to Public List.

7. Click Save Changes, bottom right.