Welcome
to the Maryland Odyssey
File and Serve Site.
Effective April 4, 2016!
Registered users will now see an upgraded Odyssey File and Serve known as the H5. H5 supports all major
browsers — Internet Explorer, Firefox,
Chrome and Safari.
To register for
e-filing, you must use your Client Protection Fund (CPF) number. If you do not
know your CPF number, you can find it in the Client Protection Fund’s attorney
listing online at http://mdcourts.gov/cpf/attylist.html.
Effective July 18, 2016!
Mandatory e-filing for attorneys filing cases in Caroline,
Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne’s, and Talbot counties, as well as appellate filings that commence
in those counties.
This includes the District Court of Maryland,
and the Circuit Courts.
To view cases and documents electronically, you
must register on the MDEC Secure
Portal with the same email address used
on the efiling system.
***If you
are
an attorney from another
State and will
be acting pro hac vice, you will need to
contact the Judiciary’s IT help desk at 410-260-1114 to obtain
your Assigned Bar Number. You will
need the Assigned Bar
Number to register
on MDEC.
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Getting Started
Step 1:
Review the
statewide MDEC Policies and Procedures Manual and the Odyssey
File & Serve
User Guides for an overview
of the processes, technical requirements and preparations
for eFiling.
Step 2:
Sign up
and attend a Webinar
Session and/or watch Tutorial Videos under the “Self Help”
section of the homepage.
Step 3:
Designate a person to
administer the eFiling system.
The
Administrator will register the firm
and be responsible for setting up and
maintaining all users, credit
card accounts, and attorneys at the firm.
NOTE: eFile
Administrators only need to register and create an account one time to enable legal professionals in their firm to eFile and eServe. Refer
to the Policies and Procedures manual here
to see what it means to be a Firm Administrator.
NOTE: If you are an attorney or paralegal
and want to join a
firm, you cannot
register to join a
firm from the home page. Instead, you must request an
email invitation from your Firm Administrator.
After you receive
the invitation email, click
the link in the body of the
email. You will be guided through
the registration process
enabling you to join that firm.
Step 4:
Whitelist efilingmail@tylerhost.net to receive e-mail notifications (click here for more information).
Have other
questions? Need more help? Click
here to
get to eFiling Support.
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Orders/Notices
11/7-Court of Appeals
Rules Order (Click here).
10/30-MDEC NOTICE: NOTICE REGARDING APPLICATION OF MDEC
IN COURT OF APPEALS
AND COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS
(Click here).
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