(1) “AOC” means the Administrative Office of the Courts.

(2) “Case entry” means an entry created within the court's case management system which records each document filed or entered in a case.

(3) “Clerk” means the circuit court clerk, or Clerk of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals if the electronic filing is made in an appellate court.

(4) “Conventionally filed” means the filing of paper documents with the clerk, pursuant to the Kentucky Rules of Procedure, as is done in cases that are not eFiling cases.

(5) “Documents” means pleadings, motions, exhibits, declarations, affidavits, memoranda, papers, orders, notices, and any other filings to or by the court.

(6) “eFiler” means an individual who is authorized by Section 6(1) of these rules to file documents electronically through the electronic filing system.

(7) “Electronic filing (eFiling)” means the electronic transmission to the court of a document using the court's electronic filing system, together with the transmission from the court of a notice of electronic filing containing an electronic hyperlink to the filed document. Sending a document to the court via email or facsimile does not constitute “electronic filing.”

(8) “Electronic filing (eFiling) system” means the automated system approved by the Kentucky Supreme Court for the filing and service of documents via electronic means.

(9) “Electronic identity” means the combination of the eFiler's login ID/user name, password, and profile.

(10) “Electronic service” means the electronic transmission of documents to a party via the court's eFiling system. Electronic service does not include service of process to gain jurisdiction over persons or property, or service of subpoenas. Registration with the eFiling system constitutes consent to electronic service of all documents as defined in these rules. Electronic service of documents is sufficient to provide service in accordance with the Kentucky Rules of Procedure; no other service is required.

(11) “Electronic signature” means the electronic symbol “/s/ typed name” attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document. The term may also include an electronic image of original handwritten signatures.

(12) “Envelope” means the package of electronically transmitted data and attachments which constitute an eFiling submission.

(13) “Hyperlink” means an electronic connection, which when selected, takes the reader to another place in the document or to a location outside the document.

(14) “Jurisdictional deadline” means a deadline set by statute or rule that the court may not extend or change.

(15) “Nonconforming document” means a document which does not conform to the formatting and technical requirements set out in Section 7.

(16) “Notification of Court Processing (NCP)” means a notice automatically generated by the electronic filing system indicating that an eFiled document has been processed by the clerk. The NCP will indicate whether the filing has been accepted or rejected.

(17) “Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF)” means a notice automatically generated by the electronic filing system at the time a document is filed with the system, containing the date and time of filing and an electronic hyperlink to the document filed.

(18) “PDF” means an electronic document filed in a portable document format which is readable by the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.

(19) “PDF/A” means an ISO-standardized version of the Portable Document Format (PDF) specialized for the digital preservation of electronic documents.

(20) “Protected information” means information required to be redacted pursuant to CR 7.03 and in accordance with Section 10 of these rules.

(21) “Scanned document” means an electronic image created by scanning a paper document.

(22) “Self-represented party” means a party who represents himself or herself without the assistance of an attorney.

(23) “Technical failure” means failure of the court's hardware, software, and/or telecommunications facility which results in the impossibility for an eFiler to submit a filing electronically. Technical failure can also include the malfunctioning of an eFiler's equipment.

(24) “Uniform Resource Locator (URL)” means letters and symbols that comprise the address of a website.