Landmark Paperless Courts Project Begun

Each year, the District Clerk's office accepts thousands of cases that create a huge backlog of paperwork, which the new paperless system is designed to eliminate.

The court process begins when a customer gives a petition, motion or other document to the court clerk.

The court clerk then gives the paper document to an imaging clerk.

The imaging clerk then scans the document into the court's database so that information is retrievable on a computer system.

Once the document has been scanned, a second imaging clerk indexes the document with its case number and other information.The indexing clerk checks the database to ensure that information has been correctly recorded and is retrievable from the database.

After the document has been scanned and entered into the database, the backlog is eliminated

This process is being tested in the 302nd District Court. For updates on our progress in implementing this system in additional courts, check back soon.

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