eFiling Information

Mandatory Electronic Case Filing

Cases in the 16th Judicial Circuit of Missouri, must be filed electronically except those filed by a non-attorney, a self represented party or certain filings by agencies in civil commitment matters.

A licensed attorney in the State of Missouri will have to register for a user account and subscribe to the Missouri Court e-Filing System in order to file any new case or any pleading in an existing case as the attorney for a party. There is no charge for registering.

Information about filing in various departments is in the box to the right.

THE REGISTRATION AND SUBSCRIPTION WILL PROVIDE ACCESS THROUGH SECURE CASE.NET TO PUBLIC CASE FILE DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SCANNED.

REGISTER FOR A MISSOURI COURTS USER ACCOUNT

Go to the Missouri Case.net and click Logon in the upper right area of the screen (www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/).
Under the Logon Box, click on My Account.
You will be taken to a page titled Log in to your Missouri Judiciary Account. Click on the wording Create an account.
Complete the registration process using your Mobar PIN from your Mobar card.

SUBSCRIBE TO THE MISSOURI COURTS eFILING SYSTEM

After receiving the confirmation email from mocourts.registration, wait 5 minutes and then log into the Missouri Courts eFiling System using the user id and password from the account you created.
Complete the two subscription screens, Subscribe to eFiling and Accept the Missouri Electronic Filing User Agreement.
When you see the eFiling Menu, your registration and subscription are complete.

DOCUMENTS IN SECURE CASE.NET

When you log into Secure Case.net, those items appearing in Docket Entries on a selected case that are shown in blue and underlined are electronic documents which may be viewed by clicking on the item. If the item is sealed or otherwise secured, there will be a lock icon beside the item, and the item cannot be viewed over the Internet. If you need assistance with Case.net, please contact the Office of the State Courts Administrator at (888) 541-4894.

For assistance with the Missouri E-filing system, the Court encourages users with questions or concerns to contact the help desk of the Office of State Courts Administrator (OSCA).

The e-mail address is: OSCA.Help.Desk@courts.mo.gov.

Or, call toll-free at: (888) 541-4894.