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Edmonds Municipal Court is launching an electronic filing portal.

"The business of the courts have historically involved a lot of paper," said Judge Linda Coburn. "Managing a lot of paper files also takes tremendous amount of administrative work. Creating an electronic filing system not only saves paper, it also make more efficient use of staff time.

"In the world of COVID-19, the fewer documents that must be physically handled between people, the better."

Effective Sept. 1, electronic filing is mandatory, per local court rule. The only exception is if a party does not have access to a d...