E-Filing
Electronic Filing System for Montana Courts
INFORMATION
Which courts use e-filing? What case types are enabled? How do I enter the case number?
INSTRUCTIONS
Registration Instructions, Training Videos, Step-by-Step Filing Instructions
RULES
Temporary Electronic Filing Rules, Local E-Filing Rules, Order Regarding Billing of E-Filed Transcripts
E-Filing Login:
E-Filing Bulletin Board
| Description | Date | Information | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Maintenance | 06/04/2025 | There is scheduled maintenance between 7:00 AM and 7:30 AM Wednesday, June 4, 2025. The E-Filing system will be unavailable during this maintenance window. | Pending |
| Court(s) Outage | 06/03/2025 | There is scheduled maintenance on the District Courts and Limited Jurisdiction Courts case managment system between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM Tuesday, June 3, 2025. During this time you may not be able to view and file on District Court, Justice, City, and Municipal Court cases. Filing at the Montana Supreme Court will be unaffected by this outage. | Pending |
| Tip | 05/26/2025 | The Office of the Court Administrator is closed Monday, May 26, 2025 for Memorial Day. | |
| Scheduled Maintenance | 05/21/2025 | There is scheduled maintenance between 7:00 AM and 7:30 AM Wednesday, May 21, 2025. The E-Filing system will be unavailable during this maintenance window. | Resolved |
| System Outage | 05/20/2025 | Resolved: The E-Filing website is back up. Due to the E-Filing website being exceptionally slow this morning, the system will go offline for approximately 10 minutes. |
Resolved |
| Tip | 05/20/2025 | Glacier County District Court (Court ID 18) is enabled for E-Filing on DC, DJ, DN, DD, DI, DR, DA, DF, DG, DP, DV, IS, and SL cases. | |
| System Outage | 05/19/2025 | Resolved: The E-Filing website is back up. Due to the E-Filing website being exceptionally slow this morning, the system will go offline for approximately 10 minutes at noon. |
Resolved |
| Maintenance Weekend | 05/17/2025 | State ITSD will be conducting maintenance activities beginning Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 4:00 a.m. until Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. During this time, e-filing interruptions will happen as servers and software are updated and rebooted. Please avoid e-filing during this maintenance window. | Resolved |
| System Outage | 05/13/2025 | Resolved at 12:30 PM: You may resume filing Due to the number of filings being submitted currently the document processor is struggling to keep up with the submissions and is resulting in errors. We recommend temporarily halting attempts to resubmit filings at this time as our document processor catches up. |
Resolved |
| System Outage | 05/13/2025 | Resolved as of 11:46 AM: The E-Filing system is back up and running. If you receive an error notification you may resubmit your filing. If you paid a fee with an errored filing please DO NOT PAY AGAIN. Use a fee waiver. Instructions to resubmit errored filings are available here. 11:40 AM: Due to a lock in the system causing issues with submissions, the E-Filing system will be offline for 5-10 minutes. |
Resolved |