Electronic lodgment

The Department of the Attorney General has expanded its web-based eLodgment service to include all Magistrates Courts statewide. Registered users can lodge the Magistrates Courts Civil Jurisdiction Forms 3 & 4.

The District Court has expanded its eLodgment service to all law firms. Registered users can lodge more than 80 of the most common forms including the Writ of Summons, Memorandum of Appearance and Defence.

Once a user has been registered, they can log on through the Department's portal. They can navigate to the eLodgment application via the courts portal community and lodge one or more documents. In some instances, where a document contains a large amount of text, they will be required to create this document in Microsoft Word and upload it through the eLodgment application.

Advantages of eLodgement:

• Lodge a single document or bulk documents.
• The service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• No need to attend the court registry office.
• Online electronic payment at the time of lodging through either a credit card or direct debit account.
• An electronic copy of the lodged document is returned to you with either the court seal or filed stamp.
• Online storage of documents will enable you to edit or delete them prior to submission and view or print them once they have been submitted.
• No special software is required.
• Multiple users from an organisation can access the service.

To register, please download the Users Names Form below, complete it and email to the Courts Technology Group Help Desk. Also, you should download and read the Registration Instructions together with the Electronic Trading Agreement for eLodgment and the Electronic Business Conditions of Use.

• Registered users may access eLodgment here.