What Attorney Number Do I Use and Does It Require Verification? (By State)

The following list is subject to change. Some states require a Filing Attorney to be selected when submitting a filing. The following will indicate whether a state does or does not require a Firm Attorney Number to be verified to save to the Firm Attorneys list for a Firm Account. 

• Click here to find out who to contact if your attorney number won't verify.

State/Court	Attorney Number
California	State Bar Number: Verification not required.
Georgia	State Bar Number: Verification not required.
Idaho	State Bar Number: Verification required.
Indiana	State Bar Number: Verification required.
Illinois	ARDC: Verification required. (Leave off leading zeroes when entering  ARDC number.)
Louisiana	State Bar Number: Verification required.
Maine	State Bar Number: Verification required.* The attorney number must be six (6) digits long. We recommend adding leading zeroes to the beginning of the number if your attorney number is not 6 digits.
Maryland	Client Protection Fund number Out of state attorneys must contact 410-260-1114 for an assigned number.
Massachusetts	BBO Number: Verification required.
Minnesota	Attorney Number: Verification required. (leave off leading zeroes)
Nevada	State Bar Number: Verification not required.
New Hampshire	State Bar Number: Verification required.
New Mexico	CAID Number - Needs to be verified without the "/" New Mexico Pro Hav Vice Attorneys will enter PHV in front of the CAID number the court provides them i.e. PHV2022
North Carolina	State Bar Number: Verification required.
North Dakota	State Bar Number: Verification required.
Ohio	State Bar Number: Verification not required.
Oregon	State Bar Number: Verification required.
Pennsylvania, Lehigh County	State Bar Number: Verification required.
Rhode Island	State Bar Number: Verification required.
South Dakota	State Bar Number: Verification required.
Tennessee	Attorney Number: Verification required. (leave off leading zeroes)
Texas	State Bar Number: Verification required. (Leave off leading zeroes when  entering the Attorney Number.)
Tribal Courts	Attorney Number: Verification not required.
Vermont	State Bar Number: Verification not required.
Virginia	State Bar Number: Verification not required.
Washington	State Bar Number: Verification not required.

• MAINE: Before a Firm Admin can add an attorney to a firm account, the attorney must be registered with the court's Case Management System. To register, download the Attorney Information Form, complete it, and return to the court as specified on the form.
  
  If the attorney is not registered with eFileMaine, you may receive the following error message when attempting to add an attorney: “Failure Reason: The following error occurred during CreateAttorney: [82] Invalid Bar Number.”