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Document Upload Policy - Dallas County Probate

General Information

  • Credit Cards Accepted: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, No American Express
  • Court is integrated. Case data will be provided for existing cases.
  • Court is NOT charging $2 cost recovery fee.
  • Attachments are allowed as separate documents.
  • Multiple lead documents per filing are allowed.

Initial Filings

  • Case Information Sheet should be submitted as a separate lead document.
  • Petitions should be submitted as a separate lead document.
  • The will should be submitted as an attachment to the Application.
  • Exhibits should be submitted as an attachment to the lead document. Each exhibit should be uploaded as a separate attachment.
  • If the Citation Request is required, it can be as a cover letter to request. All party information including addresses must be provided.
  • The addresses of the plaintiff are required. The addresses of the defendants are required.
  • In preparing an Original Petition all parties should be listed.
  • All exhibits should be uploaded separately.

Subsequent Filings

  • Items not needing a file stamp (proposed orders, notices, etc) should be submitted as an attachment.
  • Motions should be filed as lead document.
  • If the Citation is required, it can be submitted as a lead document in a cover letter. All party information including addresses must be provided.
  • Exhibits should be filed as an attachment to the lead document.
  • Proposed orders should be filed as an attachment to a motion or cover letter. Select the Judges Signature ($2.00) option under Additional Court Services.

Request Citations, Etc.

  • If citations are needed, create a cover letter for the request and upload it as the lead document (Filing Code - Due Process). All party information including addresses must be provided.
  • Order and pay for citation preparation and copies to be attached to the citation under Court Services.

Below is a link directly from the Probate Clerk's website with additional information about eFiling.

Case Information Availability


*       This jurisdiction’s Case Management System, (CMS) is fully integrated into the State eFiling system.

*       When you are making a subsequent eFiling into an existing case for this jurisdiction your case should be available in the eFiling system and your case information will be automatically imported.

*       If the case is not found, please recheck your search criteria. If the system still does not return your case, please send an email to support@filetime.com. We will contact the State eFiling system and jurisdiction to correct the issue.

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