Document Filing Business Rules

A POST to the /documents resource in the e-File API is used to add document filing events to an existing case. There are a number of business rule validations that are in place to ensure data quality. Many of these rules are specific to the case management system used by the court.

District courts (District Court System)

• Filing events with a code equal to or starting with "SCS", "NOI75", "JGZ", "ANF" or "ALS" must have a single associated participant specified in the request.

• Filing events with a code equal to or starting with "ALS" may only be submitted for Small Claims (SC) cases.

Probate courts (Probate Court System)

• Filing events with a code equal to "ACC", "AGM, "AGW, "CIP", "CIS", "FWO", "FAC", "INV", "IFC", "NCD", "PAC", "PCS", "CDP", "SST", "RRG", "RRM", "AOT", "BND" or "ELB" must have an associated participant specified in the request.

Probate courts (Trial Court System)

• Filing events with a code equal to "EOS", "EOA", "ROS" or "ANS" must have an associated participant specified in the request.

• Filing events with a code equal to "EOS" or "EOA" must have a due date specified in the request.