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Appellate Court Standardized Forms Suites | State of Illinois Office of the Illinois Courts

The Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice has approved the following forms. All Illinois Courts must accept these forms.

 Scroll down below the forms for important information on how to fill out these forms, including the need for Adobe and downloading forms to save them properly so that you can electronically file them.

Appellate Court Forms

 If you are looking for forms to begin a criminal appeal with the Illinois Appellate Court, please use these Supreme Court forms:

Notice of Appeal (Criminal)
Docketing Statement (Criminal)
Notice of Pretrial Fairness Act Appeal 604(h) (State as Appellant)
Notice of Pretrial Fairness Act Appeal 604(h) (Defendant as Appellant)

  IMPORTANT: You will need Adobe Acrobat, or free Adobe Reader XI (or a higher version) in order to save completed forms. You MUST first SAVE/DOWNLOAD each form as a PDF to your computer before you begin. If you fill out a form on a webpage, you will lose your progress.

E-filing: If you are e-filing any of these forms, you will need to "flatten" the form so it cannot be changed after you complete it. You flatten the form in one of two ways:

  1. If you used Adobe Acrobat or Reader to complete your downloaded form (recommended), go to the "File" menu at the top, select "print", and choose "Adobe PDF" or “Print to PDF” from the dropdown menu. You will be told to save the form. This saved form will be "flattened" and you can e-file it.
  2. If you did not use Adobe Acrobat or Reader, your computer will select a software that will allow you to fill out the forms. You will need to look for a “Save as PDF” option. Depending on the software you use, this option may be found in the print dialog box under your “Print” menu option.
  3. Before e-filing any "flattened" form, be sure to open the file to make sure that it looks is filled out.