Rule 11.03 - Filer's Duty to Identify Non-Public Document Using Cover Sheet Plus E-filing Designation, or Using E-Filing Code Plus Efiling Designation(a) Cover Sheet or E-filing Code Required. Every person filing non-public documents with the court in public case types is solely responsible for identifying and designating them as non-public. When e-filing, non-public documents shall also be designated as Confidential or Sealed in the E-Filing System as required by Rule 14.06 of these rules. In all case types, restricted identifiers shall only be filed as authorized in Rule 11.02 of these rules. In juvenile protection cases, other confidential information and confidential documents must be filed as provided in Rule 8.04 of the Rules of Juvenile Protection Procedure. All other individual non-public documents filed in public cases, including but not limited to financial source documents shall be: (i) filed with the court with a separate, publicly accessible Form 11.2 Cover Sheet for Non-Public Documents as published by the state court administrator; or(ii) e-filed with a specific filing code in the E-Filing system or via Court Integration Services, which defaults the document to Confidential or Sealed, as published in the E-Filing Code Guides by the state court administrator for that specific type of non-public document and case type.Financial source documents and other non-public documents submitted as e required in parts (i) or (ii) above e are not accessible to the public except to the extent that they are admitted into evidence in a testimonial hearing or trial or as provided in Rule 11.06 of these rules. The filer must file the Form 11.2 Cover Sheet for Non-Public Documents as a separate document from the non-public documents. The Form 11.2 Cover Sheet for Non-Public Documents shall be accessible to the public.
(b) Closed Account Statements. Statements from a permanently closed (also known as "charged off") credit card or financial institution account that has been identified as a closed account in a related document need not be submitted with a Form 11.2 Cover Sheet for Non-Public Documents unless desired by the filing party or as directed by the court.(c)Absence of Cover Sheet or E-Filing Code. Non-public documents that are not submitted as required in part (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above are accessible to the public, but the court may, upon motion or on its own initiative, order that any such document be non-public.(d)Not Applicable to Non-Public Case Types. This Rule 11.03 is not applicable to non-public case types. The state court administrator shall maintain and publish on the judicial branch website a list of non-public case types.Minn. Gen. R. Prac. 11.03
Amended effective 7/1/2015; amended effective 1/1/2021.