Electronic Filing of Notices of Appeal with the Appellate Division

Electronic Filing of Notices of Appeal with the Appellate Division
Attorneys are permitted, at their option, to file electronically with the Appellate Division Clerk's office and to serve
electronically the trial court and trial judge, via the Internet, notices of appeal in cases where the filing fee is waived or
the attorney has a collateral account with the Finance Section of the Superior Court and instructs that the account be
charged for the filing fee. In order for the appeal to be accepted, the notice of appeal and all of the documents required
by Rule 2:5-1 to accompany same, i.e., case information statement, transcript request, the order, judgment or decision
being appealed, the proof of service and, where necessary, a certification, must be simultaneously electronically
transmitted. This will generally require scanning into the attorney's computer the order, judgment or decision.
Please note that, except for electronically providing copies of the appeal documents to the trial court and trial judge,
nothing herein relieves attorneys from the non-electronic service and notice requirements otherwise set forth in Rule
2:5-1.
Notices of appeal transmitted electronically before 5:00 p.m. on an Appellate Division regular business day will be
deemed received as of the time sent by the attorney’s Internet Service Provider. Notices of appeal transmitted
electronically after 5:00 p.m., on holidays or weekends will be deemed received on the next business day.
Attorneys wanting to electronically file an appeal should go to the Appellate Division web site
www.judiciary.state.nj.us/appdiv/index.htm. The notice of appeal, civil and criminal case information statements and
transcript request forms will be available there, along with specific instructions on how to electronically transmit same
to the Appellate Division Clerk's office and the trial court and trial judge.
Only notices of appeal and the required accompanying documents which meet the criteria set forth above can be
transmitted electronically to the Appellate Division Clerk's office. All other documents must be submitted in hard copy
format.
Sylvia B. Pressler 
Presiding Judge for Administration
Dated: October 25, 2000 
Appellate Division