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There are five security levels for documents filed with the court:

• Public: Access to court, all case parties, and public.
• Protected: Access to the public following redaction.
• Restricted: Access to judges, court and Judicial Department staff, all case parties (including parties' attorneys), and criminal justice agencies.  
• Suppressed: Access to judges, court and Judicial Department staff, and all case parties (including parties’ attorneys).
• Sealed: Access to judges and court/Judicial Department staff.

See Chief Justice Directive 05-01 for detailed definitions of these security levels.

There are three security levels for serve-only documents:

• Public: All case parties and public.
• Suppressed: All case parties only.
• Private: Filing parties and served parties only.

Yes, the court clerks can reject filings. However, they may only do so for at least one of the reasons for rejection listed in Chief Justice Directive 11-01. If the court rejects your filing, you can see the rejection reason through the Alerts screen.