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E-Filing Best Practices

In the past couple of years, the use of electronic filing has grown substantially at the Michigan Court of Appeals. The following tips will help ensure your continued success with the system.

MCOA Tips for E-Filing with the Court of Appeals (96 KB PDF file)

Documents created for the Court must be converted to PDF format prior to filing electronically with the Court. As we transition to a world with less printed paper and more online viewing of documents at the Court of Appeals, we offer the following suggestions for formatting your documents to make them more useful to our Judges, law clerks, and research attorneys.

Preparing a PDF Document for Electronic Filing at the COA (617 KB PDF file)

There are many resources on the Web that are specifically geared toward legal users and offer tips and tricks for working with PDF documents and your word processor.

PDF Resources (304 KB PDF file)
Word Resources (77 KB PDF file)
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