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Edmonds Municipal Court has launched its first 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 a 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 acce...