ShareTEST: DC SUPERIOR COURT EFILING
eFiling provides the Court with an efficient and cost-effective way to receive filings and transmit orders. It also provides lawyers, their clients and self-represented parties with easy and inexpensive access to court filings.
*eFiling is required in most Civil Actions Branch, Criminal Division, Criminal Domestic Violence Unit, Probate, and Tax Division cases. Parties represented by counsel must eFile, unless specifically excluded by Administrative Order (organizations that hold a 501(c)(3) IRS tax status).
Changes to DC Superior eFiling as of August 22, 2022
ATTENTION! D.C. Superior Court eFiling has moved to DC Superior Court eFile & Serve for the following case types as of August 22:
- Civil Division cases, including Landlord and Tenant and Small Claims
- Civil cases in the Tax Division
- Probate Division
- Office of the Auditor Master (NEW)
Click here for more information about this change. For all other case types, continue to use CaseFileXpress.
Odyssey eFile & Serve
Case Type:- Civil Division
- Civil Cases in the Tax Division
- Office of Auditor Master
- Probate Division
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Case Type:- Criminal Division
- Criminal Cases in the Tax Division
- Domestic Violence Division
- Family Court
About Superior Court eFiling
For Civil Actions Cases only, effective May 4, 2015 parties represented by counsel are required to eFile certain Complaints pursuant to Administrative Order 15-03. Parties represented by counsel are required to eFile and eServe all subsequent filings for Civil I and Civil II case types. Parties are not allowed to eFile or eServe Judge in Chambers filings or required to eFile Affidavits of Service of Process. Pro se parties are not required to eFile or eServe. See Administrative Orders 06-17 and 05-04. Law schools and legal services organizations who provide direct civil legal services to low-income and underserved litigants listed in the Attachment to Administrative Order 07-14 are exempt from mandatory e-filing.
