Rule 16. Certified or Attested Court Documents

Category: Supplemental Rules of the Circuit Court for Electronic Filing Section: SECTION 1 -- GENERAL PROVISIONS

When a statute, court rule or administrative order requires a document to be certified or attested to by means of a court seal or otherwise, such a document shall be considered properly attested to or certified when:

(a)  The document, with statutory attestation language and bearing an electronic certification stamp approved by the Supreme Court as meeting the requirements for attestation, is electronically transmitted directly from the clerk/deputy clerk to the Registered Filer or any other person or entity as directed by the court; or

(b)  In limited circumstances as directed by the court, the original paper document is issued by the clerk/deputy clerk bearing the physical seal of the court or other evidence of attestation.

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