Southern Illinois News

The Illinois State Supreme Court granted to allow certain Illinois attorneys expanded remote access to online court documents.

The March 1 order extends the Remote Access Policy (RAP) for Illinois licensed attorneys and legal services providers in User Group 5.

“The court is very pleased with this important step in providing remote access to court documents statewide,” Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Anne M. Burke said in a late February release. “This has been a collaborative effort between the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, judges, circuit court clerks, reviewing court clerks, attorneys and our vendor, Tyler Technologies. We thank all of them for their hard work to make statewide remote access a reality.”

Illinois State Supreme Court | File Photo

The user group has remote access to court information and documents in the 87 county courts integrated and certified through the re:SearchIL platform.

“It is important that attorneys and eventually the public have remote access to court records throughout the state. The Supreme Court and all those who worked on this project should be commended,” David A. Hylla, a former judge on the Third Circuit of Illinois, said. “This further expansion of remote access is a major step improving transparency and public confidence in our courts.”

Licensed attorneys and legal service providers in User Group 5 will now have access to all non-confidential documents in all case types via local Case Management Systems maintained by circuit clerks remotely over the Internet. This includes six case types of Arbitration, Eminent Domain, Law, Law Magistrate, Municipal Corporation and Tax in all integrated and certified courts via Re:SearchIL.

Visitors can find the full text of the RAP and the User Group Access Chart online.