Circuit court eFiling - Creating an eCourts account to eFile documents with the circuit courts

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Purpose: You must have an eCourts account to electronically file cases and documents with Wisconsin circuit courts. This article describes how to create an eCourts account.

Applicable Users: Circuit court eFilers

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1. Visit the eFiling website: http://efiling.wicourts.gov.
   
2. Select the Create an account link.
   
3. Select the correct user type depending on your filing needs. Then, select [Next].
   
4. Complete the required fields (displayed in bold). Fields vary depending on the account type you are creating. When your name prints on court forms, it will appear exactly as it is entered in the First name, Last name, and Middle name or initial fields. When you are finished, select [Next].
   
5. Enter an email address or mobile phone number (or both) to send account information to in the event you need to recover your user name or password and you no longer have access to your primary email address. To proceed, select [Next].
   
6. Enter your primary mailing address and other contact information. This section is only required for certain eCourts account types. When finished, select [Next].
   
   Note: The address provided is saved as your default address for all Wisconsin circuit courts.
7. When creating an attorney eCourts account, additional addresses for specific counties may be included by selecting the Add another address link.
8. Enter all required address information. If you would like this address to replace your primary address in the selected circuit courts, and to replace the address currently listed on pending cases, select the appropriate checkbox(es). When finished, select [Save] and then select [Next] to continue with the account setup.
   
9. To enable independent recovery of your account in the future, you must select and answer three security questions. Choose from the available options and select [Next].
   
10. Provide answers to the security questions selected. Responses are not case-sensitive. To complete eCourts account setup, select [Create account].
    
11. Upon successful account creation, the eCourts system sends a confirmation email to the email address entered during the registration process. This email contains your user name and PIN. Save or record this information for future use.
12. 1. To activate your eCourts account, you can either:
       1. Select the eCourts link provided in the New user registration email.
          
       2. Or, if the confirmation page is still open from the registration process, select the activate your account link on that page.
          
13. Enter your User name and Password. Then select [Log in].
14. Enter the PIN provided in the confirmation email, and select [Continue].
    
15. You are then redirected to a page confirming account activation. You may now use the eFiling system.