Rule 14.02 - Registration Process and Duty to Designate E-Mail Address for Service(a)Becoming a Registered User. Only a Registered User may electronically file or serve documents through the E-Filing System. To become a Registered User, a Select User, selfrepresented litigant, or non-party participant must complete the registration process, as established by the state court administrator, and designate an e-mail address ("designated e-mail address") for receipt of electronic service and court notices. By registering with the Designated Provider and either electronically transmitting a document for filing in a case or designating an email address for receiving electronic service in the E-Filing System for the case, a Registered User consents to receive electronic service and court notices from the court and other Registered Users in the case through the E-Filing System at a designated e-mail address. This designated e-mail address may also be used by the court (but not other parties) to deliver notices by means other than the E-Filing System.(b)Obligations and Responsibilities of Registered Users.(1) A Registered User is responsible for all documents filed or served under the Registered User's user name and password.(2) If a Registered User knows that his or her login information has been misappropriated, misused or compromised in any way, he or she must promptly notify the court and change his or her login password.(3) Any electronic transmission, downloading, or viewing of an electronic document under a Registered User's login user name and password shall be deemed to have been made with the authorization of that Registered User unless and until proven otherwise by a preponderance of the evidence.(4) A Registered User shall maintain a designated e-mail address for receiving electronic service and court notices for the duration of any case in which he or she has electronically transmitted a document for filing as a party or participant and until all applicable appeal periods have expired. A Registered User shall ensure that his or her designated e-mail address and account is current, monitored regularly, has not exceeded its size limitation, and that all notices and document links transmitted to the designated email account are timely opened and reviewed.(5) A Registered User may not designate e-mail addresses for any other person or party who is not the Registered User's client, law firm staff, or co-counsel. The court may impose a sanction against any Registered User who violates this rule. It shall not be a violation for a Registered User when filing or serving documents using the E-Filing System to select service recipients who have been added to the service list for a case by another Registered User.Minn. Gen. R. Prac. 14.02
Amended effective 7/1/2015; amended effective 9/1/2018.