Rule 16.25 - ELECTRONIC FILING AND ELECTRONIC FILING DEADLINES(1) Except as provided in subsection (4), the filing deadline for any document filed electronically is 11:59:59 p.m. in the time zone in which the court is located on the date by which the document must be filed.(2) The submission of a document electronically by the eFiler and acceptance of the document by the court accomplishes electronic filing. When accepted for filing, the electronic document constitutes the court's official record of the document.(3)(a) The court considers a document received when the eFiling system receives the document. The eFiling system will send an email that includes the date and time of receipt to the eFiler's email address, and to any other email address provided by the eFiler, to confirm that the eFiling system received the document. (b) When the court accepts the document for filing, the eFiling system will affix to the document the time of day, the day of the month, the month, and the year that the eFiling system received the document. The date and time of filing entered in the register relate back to the date and time that the eFiling system received the document. The eFiling system will send an email that includes the date and time of acceptance to the eFiler's email address and to any other email address provided by the eFiler. If the document was electronically served by the eFiling system pursuant to ORAP 16.45, the date of service will also relate back to the date that the eFiling system received the document.(4)(a) As used in this subsection, "temporary unavailability" means that the eFiling system is temporarily unavailable or that an error in the transmission of the document or other technical problem prevents the eFiling system from receiving the document. A "temporary unavailability" does not include a problem with the eFiler's equipment or software, or other problem within the eFiler's control. (b) When a party is unable to use the eFiling system because of a temporary unavailability, the party may file and serve the document as provided in subparagraph (i) or (ii) of this paragraph. (i) The party may file and serve the document by paper filing and paper service. If the party does so by the end of the next business day following the cessation of the temporary unavailability, together with satisfactory proof of the temporary unavailability, the filing and service date relates back to the date the party attempted to eFile the document.(ii) When the system becomes available, the party may use the eFiling system to file and, except as provided in ORAP 16.45(3), serve the document. If the party files and serves the document using the eFiling system by 11:59:59 p.m. of the next business day following the day the system becomes available and submits satisfactory proof of the temporary unavailability, the filing and service date relates back to the date the party attempted to eFile the document.(c) Paragraph (b) of this subsection does not apply to extend any jurisdictional time period imposed by statute, including those related to the filing and service of a notice of appeal, a petition for judicial review, or any other initiating document. A party's circumstances may require the party to use paper filing and paper service for an initiating document within the time period imposed by statute.(d) "Satisfactory proof of the temporary unavailability" means a written description of the temporary unavailability, together with any supporting documentation, satisfactory to the court.(5) Documents Filed by Paper Filing: The court may digitize, scan, or otherwise reproduce a document that is filed by paper filing into an electronic record, document, or image. The court subsequently may destroy a document filed by paper filing in accordance with the protocols established by the State Court Administrator under ORS 8.125(11).Amended November 15, 2018, effective 1/1/2019.