REPORTS

California Electronic Filing Technical Standards (CEFTS)

The technical standards will provide the basis for electronic filing projects in California and will serve as a reference point for national standards should a project proposed by the COSCA/NACM Joint Technology Committee come to fruition. Any CMS vendor, EFSP, or EFM application provider intending to do business in California should be familiar with these standards.

Topics addressed in the document include:

EFM Deployment Transmission Envelope Court URL Directory Document Formats Electronic Signatures and Encryption Case Management System API Interaction With Court Databases Court-Initiated Transactions

Electronic Service and Notice Payment Mechanisms Communication Protocols Policy Management Code Sets and Translations Compliance and Certification Recommendations for Rules of Court



• CEFTS Technical Standards (Adobe Acrobat, 195 KB)
• CEFTS Contact Information (Adobe Acrobat, 5 KB)