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Supreme Judicial Court Rules
Electronic Filing Rules

Supreme Judicial Court Rules  Massachusetts Rules of Electronic Filing Rule 5: Rejection of electronic documents for technical nonconformance with the rules of court

Adopted Date: 06/07/2018
Effective Date: 09/01/2018
Updates: Adopted June 7, 2018, effective September 1, 2018 (480 Mass. 1301)

Rule 5

The clerk may reject any document filed electronically for any technical nonconformance with the Rules of Court and may identify the error to be corrected and may state a deadline for the party to resubmit the document in a conforming format. This rule shall not, however, extend the mandatory or statutory time, including any statute of limitations, for the filing of such document.

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Updates: Adopted June 7, 2018, effective September 1, 2018 (480 Mass. 1301)

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