Active Courts

The active courts chart lists courts that have been assigned an e-filing go-live date. After that date the court will accept e-filings on a permissive basis. This table is updated regularly; please check back often.

The active courts chart includes information related to each court's status regarding e-filing and acceptance of American Express. For detailed information on these items, review the chart legend »

The following case types are included in the civil category: arbitration, chancery, eminent domain, law, law magistrate, miscellaneous remedy, municipal corporation, small claims, tax, adoption, dissolution, family, mental health, and probate.

Court	Phase I	Phase II Dec 1, 2016 - Mar 30, 2017	Phase III Apr 1, 2017 - Jul 31, 2017	AMEX
1st Appellate District			Permissive
2nd Appellate District			Permissive
3rd Appellate District			Permissive
4th Appellate District			Permissive
5th Appellate District			Permissive
Adams		Permissive
Alexander		Permissive
Bond	Permissive
Boone	Permissive
Brown			June 29
Bureau			Permissive
Calhoun			June 23
Carroll		Permissive
Cass			June 28
Champaign		Permissive
Christian	Permissive
Clark			June 23
Clay			Permissive
Clinton	Permissive
Coles	Permissive
Cook
Crawford			Permissive
Cumberland	Permissive
DeWitt			June 29
Douglas			June 28
Edgar			Permissive
Edwards			Permissive
Effingham		Permissive
Fayette	Permissive
Ford			June 23
Franklin			Permissive
Fulton	Permissive
Gallatin		Permissive
Greene		Permissive
Grundy			Permissive
Hamilton		Permissive
Hancock	Permissive
Hardin		Permissive
Henderson	Permissive
Henry	Permissive
Iroquois	Permissive
Jackson	Permissive
Jasper			Permissive
Jefferson	Permissive
Jersey		Permissive
Jo Daviess	Permissive
Johnson			Permissive
Kane	Permissive
Kankakee		Permissive
Knox	Permissive
Lake			TBD
LaSalle		Permissive
Lawrence			Permissive
Lee			Permissive
Livingston	Permissive
Logan	Permissive
Macon	Permissive
Macoupin			Permissive
Marion			Permissive
Marshall	Permissive
Mason	Permissive
Massac	Permissive
McDonough	Permissive
McLean			June 27
Menard			June 13
Mercer	Permissive
Monroe			July 5
Montgomery	Permissive
Morgan		Permissive
Moultrie			June 29
Ogle	Permissive
Peoria	Permissive
Perry			June 22
Piatt			June 30
Pike		Permissive
Pope			Permissive
Pulaski			Permissive
Putnam	Permissive
Randolph			Permissive
Richland			June 28
Rock Island	Permissive
Saline		Permissive
Schuyler	Permissive
Scott	Permissive
Shelby			Permissive
Stark	Permissive
Stephenson		Permissive
Supreme Court			Permissive
Tazewell	Permissive
Union	Permissive
Vermilion	Permissive
Wabash			Permissive
Warren	Permissive
Washington		Permissive
Wayne		Permissive
White		Permissive
Whiteside	Permissive
Will			TBD
Williamson		Permissive
Woodford	Permissive

 

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Legend

• Permissive means that the court currently accepts e-filing as well as paper documents.
• Mandatory means that e-filing is mandatory for the court.
• If there is no status information this means that the court is not yet using Odyssey eFileIL.
• E-filing payment accounts may be created using Mastercard, Discover, Visa or American Express. However, some courts do not accept American Express.
• We use the following icons to indicate whether a court accepts American Express as a payment method or not.