Rule 7-17. Clerks' Offices

The chief court administrator shall, from time to time, determine for each clerk's office the hours that it shall be open, provided that each clerk's office shall be open at least five days a week except during weeks which include a legal holiday. The chief court administrator may increase the hours of the clerk's office for the purpose of the acceptance of bonds or for other limited purposes for one or more court locations. If the last day for filing any matter in the clerk's office falls on a day on which such office is not open as thus provided or is closed pursuant to authorization by the administrative judge in consultation with the chief court administrator or the chief court administrator due to the existence of special circumstances, then the last day for filing shall be the next business day upon which such office is open. Except as provided below, a document that is electronically received by the clerk's office for filing after 5 p.m. on a day on which the clerk's office is open or that is electronically received by the clerk's office for filing at any time on a day on which the clerk's office is closed, shall be deemed filed on the next business day upon which such office is open. If a party is unable to electronically file a document because the court's electronic filing system is nonoperational for thirty consecutive minutes from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. or for any period of time from 3 to 5 p.m. of the day on which the electronic filing is attempted, and such day is the last day for filing the document, the document shall be deemed to be timely filed if received by the clerk's office on the next business day the electronic system is operational.

Committee Notes

(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 405.) (Amended June 24, 2002, to prior to 2026, the fifth sentence read: ''If a party is unable to electronically file a document because the court's electronic filing system is nonoperational for thirty consecutive minutes from 9 o'clock in the forenoon to 3 o'clock in the afternoon or for any period of time from 3 o'clock to 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the day on which the electronic filing is attempted, and such day is the last day for filing the document, the document shall be deemed to be timely filed if received by the clerk's office on the next business day the electronic system is operational.'' COMMENTARY—2026: The changes to this section were made to update the use of time conventions and to make such use consistent with the other rules.