California eFile Courts Guide

	CASE TYPE				FILE SIZE LIMITS		COURT FEES
County	Civil	Small Claims	Family	Probate / Mental Health	Max Doc Size (MB)	Max Trx Size (MB)	EFM	EFM Credit Card	EFM ACH	Court Tech. Fee
Alameda	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	25 MB**	25 MB**	$3.50	None	None	$5.00
Butte	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler) Mental Health: N/A	80 MB	80 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None
Calaveras	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None
Colusa	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	None	None
Contra Costa	Mandatory (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None
El Dorado	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	25 MB**	25 MB**	$3.50	None	None	None
Fresno	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	100 MB	100 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None
Glenn	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None
Imperial	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	25MB**	25MB**	$3.50	None	None	None
Kern	Mandatory (Tyler)	N/A	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	50MB	50MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None
Kings	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	25 MB	35 MB	$3.50	None	None	None
Lake	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	25 MB	35 MB	$3.50	None	None	None
Los Angeles	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Civil		Civil
					200 MB	200 MB**	$3.50	None	None	$2.25
					Family & Probate		Family & Probate
					25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	$2.25
Madera	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	25 MB**	25 MB**	$3.50	None	None	None
Marin	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	25 MB**	25 MB**	$3.50	None	None	None
Mariposa	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None
Mendocino	Mandatory (Tyler)	N/A	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None
Merced	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None
Mono	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	Mental Health: N/A	25 MB**	25 MB**	$3.50	None	None	None
Monterey	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None
Napa	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None
Nevada	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	25 MB**	25 MB**	$3.50	None	None	None
Orange	Mandatory (OC)	Mandatory (OC)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (OC)	Civil & Probate		Civil & Probate
					25 MB	100 MB	None	None	None	$2.25*
					Family		Family
					25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None
Placer	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	25 MB**	25 MB**	$3.50	None	None	None
Riverside	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	N/A	N/A	25 MB**	25 MB**	$3.50	None	None	$1.85
Sacramento	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	N/A	Permissive (JTI)	25 MB**	25 MB**	$3.50	None	None	None
San Benito	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI) Mental Health: N/A	25 MB**	25 MB**	$3.50	None	None	None
San Bernardino	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	N/A	None
San Diego	Mandatory (Tyler)	N/A	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (OC)	Civil & Probate		Civil & Probate
					35 MB	60 MB	$3.50	None	None	$2.25
					Family		Family
					25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	$2.25
San Francisco	Mandatory*** (FSX)	Mandatory (FSX)	Mandatory (FSX)	Mandatory (FSX)	200 MB***	200 MB***	$3.50	None	None	$0.30
San Luis Obispo	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	100 MB	100 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None
San Mateo	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None
Santa Barbara	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	$1.50
Santa Clara	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	$2.05
Santa Cruz	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	35 MB	45 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None
Siskiyou	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	25 MB**	25 MB**	$3.50	None	None	None
Solano	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	Mandatory (JTI)	25 MB**	25 MB**	$3.50	None	None	None
Sonoma	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None
Stanislaus	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None
Sutter	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None
Tehama	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	Permissive (Tyler)	25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None
Tulare	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	25 MB**	25 MB**	$3.50	None	None	None
Ventura	Mandatory (JTI)	Permissive (JTI)	N/A	Mandatory (JTI)	25 MB**	35 MB**	$3.50	None	None	$1.75
Yolo	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	$1.50
Yuba	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	Mandatory (Tyler)	25 MB	35 MB	$4.95	2.75%	$0.25	None

Updated: May 2025

Counties and Case Types listed are available via Rapid Legal
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** Rapid Legal Guidelines. Limit 250MB
*** Initiating filings for all General Civil case types except: Small Claims, Civil Harassment, Name/Gender petitions, and Unlawful Detainers. Subsequent filings for all General Civil case types, including: Asbestos, Probate Estate cases, Probate Trust cases, Probate Guardianship and Conservatorship cases, Complex Litigation cases, and Unlawful Detainers.