On March 15, the King County Superior Court Clerk’s Office announced a series of improvments to the E-filing application software that manages electronic filing.  Among the host of improvements highlighted in the Release Notes document, one of the most exciting is the fact that the E-filing system now accepts .pdf documents created by the newer versions of Adobe Acrobat Professional. including the latest, Version 9. 

As stated in the Release Notes:  “The E-Filing application and supporting systems were upgraded to accept Adobe® Acrobat 9® converted PDF documents or use of Adobe® Acrobat 9® functionality (e.g., Typewriter). Users are no longer required to modify Adobe® Acrobat 9® conversion tools to an earlier software version in order to pass the E-Filing application’s file validation requirements.”

This improvement should make it much easier for everyone to prepare .pdf documents that are acceptable to the E-filing system.  There are many other improvements mentioned in the Release Notes so you should definitely take the time to read through them.