Court filing · Law Division
Filing in the Law Division, Civil Part
Self-represented filers can still file Law Division, Civil Part papers in person at the county Civil Division, by mail, or online through JEDS. Attorneys have to use eCourts when the docket is in eCourts, so we walk in filings for people representing themselves and run everything around an attorney's e-filing.
The Law Division, Civil Part is the Superior Court's civil trial part for lawsuits above the Special Civil Part's $20,000 limit, venued in a county and filed with that county's Civil Division.
Every county has a Superior Court Civil Division window (our list of all 21 gives the building, room and phone). The judiciary's motion packet says a window filing is paid by check or money order payable to "Treasurer, State of New Jersey"; JEDS takes cards.
The judiciary's 2020 JEDS notice put it plainly: "All attorneys must file in eCourts when the docket is in eCourts or in JEDS for all other matters." Self-represented litigants use JEDS, the mail or the window.
Papers we take to the Law Division window
- Answers, certifications and motions from a self-represented party, with the $50 motion fee (CN 11112) passed through at cost
- A motion to restore after dismissal or suppression: $50 motion fee plus the restoration fee, $100 within 30 days and $300 after (R. 4:23-5(a)(1), per the fee schedule)
- Copies pulled from an existing case file (from $125 plus the court's copy fees)
Motion timing from the court's packet: the other side must be served no later than 16 days before the motion date you ask for, or 28 days before for summary judgment. Leave the next-day or same-day run inside that window.
Service in the Law Division is by the sheriff or any competent adult with no interest in the case, so our process servers can serve the summons and complaint once it is filed.
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If you represent yourself, you are responsible for your documents: what they say, that they are complete and signed, which court they go to and that they are filed on time. We are not lawyers, we do not give legal advice or draft pleadings, and we cannot guarantee any legal outcome. We file, serve or pull exactly what you send.
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Before you send
- Send the final, signed PDF. Some clerks want an ink signature on paper filings, so the desk checks before the run.
- We print two sets: one to file and one for the clerk to stamp "filed" and hand back.
- Court fees are paid at the window to "Treasurer, State of New Jersey" and billed to you at cost.
- A motion is generally filed and served at least 16 days before the hearing date it asks for.
- You get a scan of the stamped copy the same day it's filed.
- Serving the other parties is a separate job unless you add it.
- We file the papers you send. We don't review them for legal content or give legal advice.
- If you are representing yourself, you are responsible for the content and accuracy of the documents you give us to file, and any mistakes in them are yours to correct. MCC Solutions does not guarantee any legal outcome.
Prefer to talk?
Call the desk and we'll take the request by phone.
Questions
Can you file my Law Division papers today?
If you're representing yourself and the final papers reach us by 10 AM ET on a court business day, same-day filing is available; otherwise it goes in the next business day. The price is quoted before you pay, from $175, and court fees are added at cost.
Do attorneys have to e-file in the Law Division?
When the docket is in eCourts, yes. The judiciary's JEDS notice says attorneys file in eCourts for those dockets and in JEDS for other matters.
Will you tell me what to file or check my forms?
No. We aren't lawyers. The judiciary's self-help pages and the county ombudsman can explain the court's forms; an attorney can advise you on your case.