Edmonds Municipal Court

		
		
                                                   EDM-GR 30
                                   Digital Signatures and Electronic Filing

     (A)  "Digital Signatures," in addition to procedures defined in RCW 19.34.020, are signatures captured on
electronic documents through an electronic signature pad or electronic touch-screen and saved as a PDF and
submitted to the court per local court rule.

     (B)  Judicial Digital Signatures

          a.  Judicial officers may sign court documents and search warrants with a digital signature as
defined in this court rule or in GR 30 in one of the following formats:

               i.  The judicial officer affixes the digital signature to an electronic document on equipment
or by methods authorized and facilitated by the court.

              ii.  The judicial officer affixes the digital signature to an electronic document, saves the
signed document in .pdf format, and emails the document to the intended recipients using the judge's secure
email account; or,

             iii.  The judicial officer affixes the electronic signature in the body of an email using the
judge's secure email account; or,

              iv.  The judicial officer uses any other reliable means approved by the court by general order.

          b.  Documents may be signed by judicial officers using a facsimile of the judicial officer's
signature so long as the original facsimile of the signature used in the document is only accessible by the
judicial officer.  The document or email may also be signed in the following format if the document or email
is sent from the judge's secure email account:

               Judge X
               Edmonds Municipal Court
               250 5th Avenue North
               Edmonds, WA 98020
               Telephone: 425-771-0210
               Fax: 425-771-0269
               Email: first.last@edmondswa.gov

          c.  The printed version of the document signed by the judge pursuant to this rule shall constitute
an original document that shall be made part of the court file or search warrant return file.

          d.  Nothing herein alters the ability of the judge to sign documents in person or delegate the
affixing of signatures by others if allowed by law or court rule.

     (C)  Supplemental rules regarding electronic filing of documents are as follows:

          a.  Speed Measuring Device Certifications.

               i.  Speed Measuring Device Certifications will be deemed filed with the court pursuant to
IRLJ 6.6(b) at the time the document is added by the prosecutor's office to a secure website that allows the
documents to be viewed by the public through a hyperlink on the court's website.

              ii.  Nothing herein alters the ability of the prosecutor's office to file hard copies of the
certifications with the court, which also would be deemed filed with the court pursuant to IRLJ 6.6(b).

          b.  Pleadings.

               i.  Pleadings compliant with court rules that are originally signed or electronically signed
with a digital signature by attorneys or pro se defendants, may be filed electronically by attaching the signed
document in .pdf format to an email addressed to edmcourt@edmondswa.gov or on equipment or by methods
authorized and facilitated by the court. The pleadings will be considered filed as specified in GR 30.

              ii.  The printed, signed version of the pleadings submitted per local court rule and accepted
by a court clerk for filing shall constitute an original document that shall be made part of the court file.

             iii.  Nothing herein requires the electronic filing of documents by counsel.

          c.  Infraction Hearings.

               i.  Any request for a written contested or mitigation hearing may be submitted electronically
through the court's website, if available, as long as the document has the defendant's digital signature as
defined by local rule or RCW 19.34.020; or by scanning in the court-approved "Request for Written Hearing" form,
completed with signature, and emailing it to the court at edmcourt@edmondswa.gov as an attached PDF.

Dated this 28th day of June, 2018

Linda W.Y. Coburn   ________________________

Amended Effective September 1, 2018