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The following FAQ should answer all your questions about the different user accounts we offer and their intended uses. Registration is free; it costs nothing to create an efiling account.
Q: What types of user accounts are offered?
A: The Odyssey File & Serve system offers both Individual (or Pro Se) Accounts and Firm Accounts. Depending on the state, you may only have an option to register for a Firm Account.
Q: I need to file in multiple states. Do I only register once, or will I need to register in every state that I need to file in?
A: Each state's efiling website is tied to the court system for that state, so you must register an efiling account for each state you will file into. For a list of states that we provide services to, please view the list of states at our Justice Facing Public Solutions (filenow.me) site.
Q: What is an Individual or Pro Se Account?
A: An Individual or Self-Represented Account is an account for individual non-attorney filers. These are accounts for Pro Se filers (or filers representing themselves in a case), process servers, businesspeople, landlords and tenants, or other non-parties filing into cases (like employers filing garnishment information). In brief: these are accounts for anyone who isn't an attorney (though out-of-state or pro hac vice lawyers can use them, too).
If you need to file Pro Se or to file without a lawyer, you will need to register an Individual Account.
Want to register an Individual or Pro Se Account? Please refer to the following article:
Q: What is a Firm Account?
A: Firm Accounts are accounts for attorneys and other legal professionals, specifically solo attorney practitioners or law firms with multiple filers, whether those filers are themselves attorneys or paralegals filing on behalf of attorneys.
Want to register a Firm Account? Please refer to the following article:
Please Note: Court clerks, especially those with at least one lawyer on staff, will want to sign up for a Firm account.
Please Note: If you are a lawyer filing Pro Hac Vice (you are filing into a case in a different state that you are not licensed in), you must register an Individual account instead of a Firm Account. When filing, inform the court you are filing into that you are filing Pro Hac Vice in the Comments to Court input field in the Filings section of your draft.
Q: What are the differences between either account?
A: Individual or Pro Se Accounts are standard single-user efiling accounts meant solely for filing paperwork with the court or serving paperwork to other parties in a case. There's only one user, and there's only one account administrator — the account-holder.
Firm accounts can have multiple users (set up by the Firm Administrator) linked to the same account. These users can share payment accounts (set up solely by the Firm Administrator) across all user accounts.
For more information, please refer to the following article:
Q: Help! I accidentally registered the wrong account type! What do I do now?
A: Did you accidentally register an Individual Account instead of registering with your law firm? Did you accidentally register a firm account separate from the law firm you work for? Either you can delete your account to register a proper firm account or we can help you to either change your account type or merge it with the proper firm account.
For more information, please refer to the following article:
If you need assistance with changing your account type or with merging your current account into your firm's account, please chat with us, email us at efiling.support@tylertech.com, or contact us at
1-800-297-5377 Monday to Friday from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM Central Time.