18th Judicial District Court

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Attention Attorneys: Effective Jan. 11th, 2024 E-filing is available to be utilized for cases already in our Case Management System(CMS). This includes all cases filed prior to Oct. 12, 2023 and cases filed since Oct. 12 that have been entered into the CMS by our staff. Once a case has been entered it will show in your e-filing search results. The court will no longer accept paper filings for cases that have been entered. Click here for information on how to reset your password and set up a new wallet.

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The Kansas Supreme Court is releasing an order today to reinstate electronic filing requirements in district courts effective January 31.

Administrative Order 2024-CC-006 (https://kansascourts.org/l/qYv4JxyHG499MD7alrEJ56jkx2ighJu0Z9_qtaqGijw) requires attorneys and other efiling users to electronically file in cases that exist in the Kansas Courts eFiling system, except for appeals to the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court.

The order also requires all new cases to be initiated through the efiling system, except those that are appeals to the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court.

Electronic filing under Rules 122 and 122A

Beginning January 31, efiling users must resume electronic filing in district court cases according to the provisions of Supreme Court Rules 122 (https://kansascourts.org/l/qYv4JxyHG499MD7alrEJ5_9nMMh6Sp0DJUUPZSShkcU) and 122A (https://kansascourts.org/l/qYv4JxyHG499MD7alrEJ5zHuounVQxFhmWJMozHqp-I) , but only if the case is in the Kansas Courts eFiling system.

An electronic filer can tell whether a case exists in the efiling system by searching for it. If there is a match, filings must be through the efiling system. If there isn’t a match, filings will be on paper until the case is added to the system.

If an efiler is initiating a new case, it must be through the efiling system, unless it’s an appeal to the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court.

Paper filings postmarked January 31 or prior must be processed as they would have been before the new order was issued.

Message to efilers

We will alert electronic filers of the efiling requirement by a message sent through eFlex.

We will remind attorneys they must set up a new TOGA wallet account (https://kansascourts.org/l/qYv4JxyHG499MD7alrEJ58EeOR-5bajpg0QgHde80X8) if they haven’t done so since electronic filing was restored in district courts.

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IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE FEBRUARY 9th, 2024

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WICHITA—The Sedgwick County District Court clerk office will be open from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday, February 12, through Friday, February 16, being closed from noon to 5 p.m. to address a backlog of paper documents filed after October 12.

 

The court has been operating on paper since an October 12 cyberattack temporarily incapacitated several court information systems. Included was the Kansas eCourt case management system district courts use to process cases.

 

The Sedgwick County District Court’s access to the case management system was restored December 27, 2023. The court clerk office will use afternoon hours next week to prepare paper documents to be entered and to begin entering into the case management system.

 

Filing documents January 16 - January 19

 

If a party has a document to file in a case, they are encouraged to eFile the document or, if not approved for e-filing, to deliver it to the clerk’s office between 8 a.m. and noon. If a party can’t make it to the courthouse during morning hours, they can file the document by fax or leave it in the court drop box. If time allows, documents can also be sent by mail.

 

Kansas eCourt case management system

 

The Kansas eCourt case management system is used by district courts in 104 counties. It centralizes case data and provides a register of actions in each case. It is being reintroduced in district courts in phases. It is expected to be back in use in all courts except Johnson County by the end of 2023.

 

Kansas Courts eFiling system

 

The Kansas Courts eFiling system used by attorneys and justice partners to file documents electronically in district court cases will be brought online after the case management system is restored in district courts statewide.

 

Updates

 

Updates on the cyberattack and efforts to restore court information systems are online at www.kscourts.org/security-incident.

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For more news regarding the Kanas Judicial Branch, please visit: https://www.kscourts.org/Newsroom

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18th Judicial District Court Mission Statement: Providing Fair and Just Service in a
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