SCOPE OF ELECTRONIC FILING

2.1. Applicability . These rules apply to all cases included in JIMS, unless otherwise ordered by the Hawai‘i Supreme Court. 2.2. All Documents. Unless otherwise expressly provided in these rules or in exceptional circumstances that prevent a JEFS User from filing electronically, a JEFS User shall file each document as a PDF document through JEFS for docketing and storage in JIMS, including documents that are sealed by court order and documents proposed to be submitted under seal or for in camera review. A JEFS User shall file documents by way of the Judiciary’s website. The clerk shall electronically file each document generated by the court. The size of each document shall not exceed 10 megabytes. 2.3. Exhibits . Each supporting exhibit, including photographs, shall be scanned or created as a PDF document. The size of each exhibit shall be no greater than 10 megabytes. Exhibits shall be submitted as separate JEFS attachments to the lead document. The JEFS User shall identify and label each exhibit clearly. A party may conventionally file exhibits that cannot be electronically converted ( e.g., videotapes, large maps, weapons, drugs, drug paraphernalia, etc). The clerk shall note the receipt and location of physical exhibits on the docket and shall maintain, return, or dispose of physical exhibits in accordance with the rules governing the procedure before the court and the applicable Record Control Schedule. 2.4. Original Instruments . A party who files images of original instruments as exhibits shall retain the original instruments and shall provide them to the court at an evidentiary hearing when relevant or when requested by the court. Original instruments submitted to the court for an evidentiary hearing shall be returned to the party who submitted them upon conclusion of the hearing. 2.5. Electronic Filing of Documents Submitted on Paper; Filing Date and Time Preserved . The clerk shall electronically file any paper document conventionally filed. The receipt date and time reflected on the conventionally filed document and subsequently filed in JIMS shall be deemed the filing date for all purposes under any of the Hawai‘i Rules of Court. Once electronically filed, the clerk shall not retain the paper document. 2.6. Authority of the Clerk to Provide Guidance. The clerk is authorized to issue notices, guidelines, user guides, and the like that provide clarification or assistance to facilitate electronic filing. Such clarification or assistance may be made available on the court’s website.