e-Filing Criminal Cases

Electronic and Filing Service Available for Existing Criminal Cases

Starting October 14, 2024, attorneys must electronically submit subsequent filings in criminal cases in all magistrate courts statewide and the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court. This is in accordance with Supreme Court Order No. S-1-AO-2024-00023. The mandatory e-filing of documents will occur through the online File & Serve system.

Starting October 1st, 2019, electronic filing for all District courts will be available through the same eFile & Serve system used for Civil, Family and Probate eFiling. Electronic filing for Criminal cases is only available for subsequent filings.

Electronic filing and service will be available for Criminal cases at no charge. For more information, please see Rule 5-103.2.

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Proposed Text Documents

Proposed Documents are documents that need to be reviewed and signed by the judge, they are not filed through eFile & Serve. Proposed documents are submitted to the proposed text email address for the judge assigned to your case

District Court Proposed Text Document Email Addresses

Magistrate Courts require the motion and the proposed text to be separate filings within the same envelope, using the Proposed Order efiling code to be used for proposed text documents.

Metropolitan Court requires the motion to be filed and then accepted by the court before the attorney filer submits the proposed text to the Judge’s TCAA. The contact information can be found at https://metro.nmcourts.xyz.

Training Resources for e-Filing Criminal Cases

Attorney training for District criminal cases using eFile & Serve
Firm Administrator Video
Attorney guidelines for E-Filing of Criminal Cases
District Criminal Case Types Accepted in eFile & Serve
Magistrate Criminal Case Types Accepted in eFile & Serve
- Contempt
- Domestic Violence Felony
- Domestic Violence Misdemeanor
- DWI Felony
- DWI Misdemeanor
- Extradition
- Felony Misdemeanor (Mag)
- Traffic
Metropolitan Criminal Case Types Accepted in eFile & Serve
- Contempt
- Criminal
- Criminal – Felony
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence – Felony
- Driving Under the Influence – Felony
- Driving While Under the Influence
- Parking
- Traffic
Adding yourself as a Service Contact to your pending Criminal cases
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District Filing Codes for Proposed Orders

Criminal Rules and Orders for Electronic Filing

eFile & Serve Resources

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