1303 - E-Filing for Mason Superior Court

We are requesting e-filing through the ODYSSEY CMS for the Mason County Clerk's office.

We have the support of our bench in this request.

Ability to allow filings with no contact due to pandemic.

Improved customer services and access by eliminating requirement to file paper documents.

improved judicial officer access and decision making.

Improved efficiencies using electronic workflows, work queues, digital signatures, etc.

Reduced operational costs.

Increased productivity through automation of current paper-based processes.

Ability to handle increases in Clerk workload without additional resources.

Eliminates a substantial amount of storage space currently required for paper documents.

Standardization and compatibility of software; one vendor versus separte e-filing vendor.

In addition to the Superior Court Judges, Superior Court Administrators and County Clerks, this also impacts the Family and Juvenile Law Judges, Juvenile Court Adminstrators, State Agencies and Public and other users.

This pandemic has made if very difficult for some people to trust the process and if we can build some of that trust back by allowing documents to be e-filed, it would make a huge impact on building relationships with the clientel for the courts.