Rule 16.10 eFILERS

(1) Authorized eFilers

(a) Any person may register to become an eFiler.

(b) To become an eFiler, a user must create an account with the eFiling system.

(2) Conditions of Electronic Filing

(a) To access the eFiling system, each eFiler agrees to and shall

(i) review Appellate eFiling and Public Portal Guide” and “Appellate eFile FAQs” documents available on the appellate court’s eFiling website at:

< https://www.courts.oregon.gov/services/online/Pages/appellate-efile.aspx>;

(ii) register for access to the eFiling system and link the eFiler’s user account with the eFiler’s record in ACMS;¹

(iii) comply with the electronic filing terms and conditions when using the eFiling system;

(iv) furnish required information for case processing; and

(v) update their account information in the eFiling system if any of that information changes, including but not limited to, any change in the user’s email address.

(b) An eFiler’s username and password may be used by only the user to whom the username and password were issued. Attorney users only may authorize an employee of that attorney’s law firm or office or other person to use the username and password.²

(c) The Appellate Court Administrator may suspend the electronic filing privileges of an eFiler if the Administrator becomes aware of misuse of the eFiling system or of the eFiler’s username and password.

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1. To link a user account to a record in ACMS, an OSB member or pro hac vice attorney should use the Request Attorney Access process in the system. A self-represented litigant should use the Request Case Access process. ↩︎
2. An employee of an attorney or the attorney’s law firm may create an eFiling account and file on behalf of the attorney. ↩︎