Beginning March 18, 2025, the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Probate division will require filers to exclude Audit Trail Sheets (see picture below for reference) from your Letter submissions. The Court will only allow the Judicial Council form for Letters (along with any required attachments) when e-filing. This change is due to Audit Trail Sheets causing […]

Effective December 16, 2024, the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles will require that all documents filed in Appellate Division cases by litigants represented by attorneys be submitted to the Court by electronic filing (efiling). Efiled documents in the Appellate Division are subject to Code of Civil Procedure section 1010.6, Penal Code section […]

On December 16, 2024, the Los Angeles Superior Court Appellate Division moved to electronic filing (e-filing).

The Los Angeles Superior Court’s Civil Division utilizes a random assignment system, known as an “assignment wheel,” for UNLIMITED CIVIL case initiations filed into zip code 91801.

Effective May 1, 2024, filers will have the ability to request Certified Copies of the Probate Letters they are filing into a case via the e-filing system for decedent, guardianship and conservatorship matters. When filing into the existing case, filers will still select the appropriate document type and upload that document in Section 2 of […]

The Los Angeles Superior Court — in accordance with California Rule of Court 3.1312 (c) — now requires all parties electronically filing (e-filing) proposed orders for Civil Division cases (except for small claims cases) to submit proposed orders as both a PDF (Portable Document File) AND as a separate editable word-processing file (Microsoft Word document […]

1. HOW DOES EFILING WORK? Electronic filing of court documents occurs through an electronic filing service provider (EFSP). The hospital will create an account and the efiling system manages the flow of the documents to and from the Court. There is no fee for LPS-designated facilities. The hospital user/filer will submit the documents to the […]

These instructions are to initiate a new SMALL CLAIMS case in the Los Angeles Civil Court. If you have an existing Small Claims case number, you will want to file on that existing case—even if you have never filed on the case in our system before—following these instructions. VIEW CALIFORNIA SMALL CLAIMS FAQS HERE Table […]

Select the correct Filing Code to ensure proper routing of your proposed order in the Stanley Mosk Probate Court.

Permissive e-Filing starting March 1, 2023 On March 1, 2023, electronic filing will become available to attorneys and self-represented litigants in the Probate Division for Probate Letters in decedent, guardianship, and conservatorship matters, including: Letters of Special Administration Letters of Administration/Testamentary Letters of Conservatorship (Temporary and General) Letters of Guardianship (Temporary and General) Mandatory e-filing […]