Missouri: Several more Missouri counties will begin posting their court records online within the next six months using the Case.net system

Once Atchison, Caldwell, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt, Livingston, Nodaway and Worth counties make the switch, all circuit courts in northwest Missouri will be online. Andrew, Buchanan, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer and Platte counties already use Missouri’s ‘‘Case.net"
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Washington: Thurston County Superior Court records coming online soon
Access will allow the public to view court records by using a link on the county clerk's Web site. You will be able to search by name or case number and will be charged 50 cents per viewing.

When it's up and running, this database will complete a $500,000 project that began six years ago and involved the electronic scanning of 15 million court documents, that once were shelved in thousands of boxes.

An index of Superior Court cases can already be searched here for free.
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Alabama: Madison County Circuit Court to begin e-filing
Beginning in January, attorneys will be able to file from their offices lawsuits, divorce cases and accompanying motions and papers any time of the day or night.
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Tennessee: US Western District Court to complete CM/ECF implementation
"Jan. 3 is game day," according to Thomas M. Gould, clerk of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, which operates in Memphis and Jackson.

That's the day Gould and his staff will find out just how good their preparation and planning have been for the final stages of transition from a paper-based court to a system of all electronic document processing and case management.

"The implementation of electronic case filing, known as ECF, ushers in a new era of law practice techniques and benefits for attorneys, as well as judges and court staff," said Gould, who joined the court in June and began implementing ECF in August. "ECF is a major operational and cultural change."

Getting prepared. The new system marks the second of two separate modules that have been put in place over a year and a half. The first, electronic case management, or CM, was launched in June 2004.
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Michigan: 6th Circuit Court begins ECF
With the adoption of Local Administrative Order (LAO) 2005-02, the Sixth Circuit Court, in active collaboration with the Oakland County Clerk, begins its prototype program under the Michigan Supreme Court’s eFiling initiative on December 12, 2005. Initial participation in the prototype is limited to twenty-five predisposition cases with either an “N” or “C” case code assigned to Judge Michael Warren. Attorneys and parties must stipulate to an order assigning the case to the prototype program. Once a case enters the prototype program, subsequent document transmittal and filing will be electronic. Further information regarding the Sixth Circuit Court’s prototype program, including detailed participation requirements, may found on the Court’s website.
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Texas: McLennan County District Court now using ECF

The McLennan County district clerk's office unveiled improved technology last week that allows attorneys to file civil lawsuits and other legal documents without leaving their office chairs.

The clerk's office is now connected to the state of Texas Web site, www.texasonline.com, enabling the office to receive electronic filings of legal documents from attorneys wishing to do so.

“Any document filed in a civil case for one of the five district courts in McLennan County may now be filed with the district clerk's office through the Texas Online System,” said McLennan County District Clerk Karen Matkin.
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New Hampshire: State court public records still not online, and now court fees?
You can't get court records online from state courts, but clerks will search the "catalogue," for a fee: $10 for computer searches of fewer than 10 names, and $25 an hour for more names or more extensive searches in the superior and district courts.

On Wednesday, the state Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Rules will consider exempting the media from the docket search fees. Court officials say the fees were aimed at large search requests by businesses, not the media or the general public.
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