Rule 1B - Scope and Effective Date of Rules for Criminal Cases(a)Effective Date and Applicability of Rules. These rules shall govern the electronic filing of all documents filed on and after the date specified in a Supreme Court order implementing electronic filing in superior court in criminal cases. As good cause appears and as justice may require, the court may waive the application of any rule.(b)Electronic Filing Mandatory for Attorneys. Unless otherwise required or authorized by these rules or an order of the court, all filings by attorneys on or after these rules become effective shall be filed using the court's electronic filing system. However, a party may be excused from electronic filing in the circumstances set forth below. (1) The court may fully excuse a party from electronic filing if the court finds that: (A) a party is protected by law from disclosing certain identifying or contact information; or(B) extraordinary circumstances would render electronic filing such a hardship that the party would be denied access to the Court. A party seeking to be fully excused from the mandate of electronic filing shall file a request with the court setting forth the reasons therefor. A party who is fully excused from the mandate of electronic filing shall file documents conventionally and shall deliver and receive copies of filed documents to and from other parties through conventional nonelectronic means.
(2) For good cause, the court may permit a limited exception to the mandate of electronic filing by allowing a party to initiate a case conventionally or by allowing a party or other person to file a document in an existing case conventionally.(c) Self-represented litigants and bail commissioners shall file all documents conventionally.(d) Citation. These rules shall be cited as "Super. Ct. Supp. R __."N.H. Supp. R. Sup. Ct. Elec. Fil. 1B
Adopted July 18, 2019, effective 8/6/2019; amended effective 1/1/2020.