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Becoming a Registered ECF User

Step 1 - Review and ensure you meet the minimum requirements for case filing, and take the short quiz entitled, “The Facts about ECF” to find out what it means to be an e-filer in the Northern District of Texas.

If you are already a registered ECF filer in another district, you are not required to complete a training course or Connectivity Exercise.

If you are an attorney, complete the Registration form contained in the ECF Registration Packet, and return to the court to receive your live login and password to the Electronic Filing System.
If you are already an ECF creditor filer registered in another district, you only need to complete the Creditor Registration Form and return to the court to receive your live login and password to the Electronic Filing System.
If you are not already certified in another district, go to Step 2.

Step 2 - Choose and complete one of the following classroom training programs. Choose either the debtor attorney, creditor attorney, or Chapter 7 trustee course. The classroom training provides 3.75 hours of CLE credit. Click on one of the classes below to view available training dates. If you are not registered in another district, you must complete the training requirement.

The online attorney tutorial cannot be used to meet the training requirement. Attorneys who are not registered ECF users in another district, must attend a classroom training session to become a registered ECF user in the Northern District of Texas.

*For creditor/claims filers, you only need to complete the online creditor filer tutorial and then complete Steps 3 and 4 below. Classroom training is not required for limited creditor filers.

Classroom Online

Debtor Attorney Class
Creditor Attorney Class
Chapter 7 Trustee Class
Online Attorney Tutorial
Online Creditor Filer Tutorial

* If you need to cancel your reservation for classroom training, please send an e-mail to ecftraining@txnb.uscourts.gov notifying the court you will be unable to attend. Please include the name(s) of all participants not attending, and the class date. Please allow 2 days notice when cancelling a reservation.

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Debtor Attorney Class Creditor Attorney Class Chapter 7 Trustee Class	Online Attorney Tutorial Online Creditor Filer Tutorial

Step 3 - Complete the Connectivity Exercise. A copy of the connectivity exercise can be found in the ECF Registration Packet. To complete the exercise, you will need a training login and password. You can obtain a training login and password by attending classroom training, or by calling the court at 214-753-2600.

Step 4 - Fill out the ECF Registration Packet. It contains everything you need to become a registered filer in the Northern District of Texas. Mail the completed ECF Registration Packet to the address provided on the forms. The court will review your registration request and issue a live login and password to the Electronic Case Filing System once all forms have been processed. Please do NOT submit your ECF Registration forms until you have completed all required steps in the registration process.

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