Filing and Service

125.01 Filing (a) Documents required or authorized to be filed by these rules shall be filed with the clerk of the appellate courts within the time limitations contained in the applicable rule. Filing with the clerk of the appellate courts may be accomplished by one of the following means: (1) By use of the appellate courts' electronic filing system if required by an order of the Minnesota Supreme Court. (2) If electronic filing is not required by an order of the Minnesota Supreme Court, A. By U.S. mail addressed to the clerk of the appellate courts; Published by the Revisor of Statutes under Minnesota Statutes, section 3C.08, subdivision 1. APPELLATE PROCEDURE 54 MINNESOTA COURT RULES B. By use of the appellate courts' electronic filing system if permitted by an order of the Minnesota Supreme Court; or C. By hand delivery to the clerk of the appellate courts or use of a commercial courier service. (b) Filing by facsimile or electronic means other than as authorized or required by an order of the Minnesota Supreme Court is not allowed in the appellate courts, except with express leave of the court. (c) Filing shall occur at the time and date of: (1) electronic filing for any document electronically submitted for filing by 11:59 p.m. at the court's local time, so long as it is accepted by the clerk upon review; (2) mailing by U.S. mail addressed to the clerk of the appellate courts; or (3) receipt by the clerk of the appellate courts during normal office hours for documents filed by hand delivery or by use of a commercial courier service. (d) For any document that is required or permitted under these rules to be filed with the trial court at the time of commencement of an appeal, the filer may file or serve the document using the trial court's electronic service system or, except as otherwise excluded by Rule 125.03, any other means authorized by the trial court rules. Separate proof of such service must be filed with the clerk of the appellate courts. Any party to the trial court proceedings registered for use of the trial court's electronic service system shall be deemed to have consented to receive service in this manner. Except as expressly provided by rule, after an appeal is filed with the appellate courts, filings shall be made with the appellate court using that court's electronic filing system. (e) If a motion or petition requests relief that may be granted by a single judge, the judge may accept the document for filing, in which event the date of filing shall be noted on it and it shall be thereafter transmitted to the clerk of the appellate courts. (f) All documents filed shall include the attorney registration license number of counsel filing the document and shall specify the appellate court docket number, if one has been assigned. (Amended effective for appeals taken on or after January 1, 1992; amended effective January 1, 2009; amended effective July 1, 2014; amended effective July 1, 2016; amended effective September 1, 2019.) Advisory Committee Comment - 2016 Amendments