When is an Illinois motion for the original submission date due after an e-filing rejection?

Preserve the original submission receipt, rejection reason and actual notice of rejection.

Establish the corrected later filing and why the earlier rejection otherwise makes that document untimely.

Use the date of notice of rejection for the motion period, rather than the original submission date.

1. Preserve the original submission receipt, rejection reason and actual notice of rejection.
2. Exclude the actual triggering day. Count only court days, omitting intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, statutory holidays and any additional closure on the proper court’s actual calendar. The bundled Illinois calendar covers 2026 and 2027. Do not use ordinary calendar-day addition.
3. Check statutory holidays and the proper court’s actual calendar.
4. Complete the particular act in the proper court.

Section 1.11 excludes a final Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday and consecutive excluded days. Section 17(a) of the Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act includes Pulaski Day, Good Friday and the general election for members of the House of Representatives. Check proclamations, the proper court’s actual calendar and clerk access separately. The bundled Illinois calendar covers 2026 and 2027.

Fictitious example

Fictitious facts. The filer receives actual notice of rejection and later files the required corrected document. The established event is August 2, 2027. No additional local closure or different court order is assumed.

Fictitious facts. The civil procedure classification and triggering event are independently established. No additional closure, court order or unmodeled restart is assumed.

Required motion and exhibit

Rule 9(f)(1)(A) requires the original submission date, rejection date, rejection reason and attached document. The document may contain no changes except correction of the error identified by the clerk, if applicable.

Relief depends on a timely compliant motion

Rule 9(f)(1)(B) directs the court to grant a timely motion satisfying the requirements and enter an order establishing the original submission date. If the original rejection did not conform to permitted reasons, the corrected document need not vary from the original.

Jurisdiction and effective filing date remain distinct

Rule 9(f)(3) gives the court jurisdiction to rule on a timely motion. The failed submission, deadline calculation and motion filing do not themselves substitute for the order establishing the effective date.

• The calculator does not decide the applicable civil procedure, disputed facts, sufficiency of a filing or whether the court grants relief.
• Check the governing edition and actual orders. A current rule does not establish every historical case’s timetable.

• Preserve the original submission receipt, rejection reason and actual notice of rejection.
• Establish the corrected later filing and why the earlier rejection otherwise makes that document untimely.
• Use the date of notice of rejection for the motion period, rather than the original submission date.
• Rule 9(f)(1)(A) requires the original submission date, rejection date, rejection reason and attached document. The document may contain no changes except correction of the error identified by the clerk, if applicable.
• Rule 9(f)(1)(B) directs the court to grant a timely motion satisfying the requirements and enter an order establishing the original submission date. If the original rejection did not conform to permitted reasons, the corrected document need not vary from the original.
• Rule 9(f)(3) gives the court jurisdiction to rule on a timely motion. The failed submission, deadline calculation and motion filing do not themselves substitute for the order establishing the effective date.
• File the motion with the proper clerk. State the original submission date, rejection date and rejection reason. Attach the document requested to receive the original date. Limit changes to correction of the clerk-identified error where applicable. Preserve the ruling establishing the effective filing date. File with the proper clerk in the required format. Rule 9 ordinarily requires civil electronic filing, subject to its exceptions and exemptions. Rule 9(f) ordinarily requires submission before midnight in the court time zone unless a statute, rule or actual order specifies a different time. A submission on a closed clerk day ordinarily receives the next open-day stamp. Preserve the actual electronic file mark, receipt and any filing-relief order. Filing and service are distinct acts.