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Clerk's Office

P.O. Box 7288, Capitol Station
Albany, NY 12224-0350
Tel: (518) 471-4777
Fax: (518) 471-4750
AD3clerksoffice@nycourts.gov


Erica Putnam Little
Managing Attorney

Requirements & Instructions
for Digital Submission of Documents

Requirement:

A free Microsoft account is required for authentication and to access the Submission Portal for submitting documents to the Appellate Division Third Department.

If you use Microsoft Office 365 with your email or have a Microsoft Live account associated with your email, then you have already met this requirement. If you do not have access to our portal, you may request it by sending an email to ad3tsu@nycourts.gov.

If you do not have a Microsoft account, follow the instructions below to create a free Microsofot account. A Microsoft account could be created/associated with your existing email (e.g. email@mylawfirm.com) and you do not need to signup for a new email service by Microsoft.


Instructions for Creating Microsoft account:

  • Go to account.microsoft.com, select Sign in, and then choose Create one!>
  • You may use your existing email address to associate a Microsoft account with that email.
  • Once your Microsoft account is created, you may request access to our online submission portal by sending an email to ad3tsu@nycourts.gov

Instructions for Submitting Documents

Once you have logged in to our portal with your Microsoft account, please follow the screenshot guide below for submission of the documents:

Click the 'Upload New' link as highlighted in the screenshot above
Click the 'Upload' link to upload files and DO NOT drag and drop files.
Use the "Choose File" button to open a dialogue box to browse and select the file you would like to upload.
Browse to the location where the desired file is saved. Only upload one (1) file at a time.
Once a file is selected, click "Open" button.
Click "OK" button to upload the file to our portal.
Enter all the information associated with the file you uploaded. All fields are mandatory.
This dialogue box is a confirmation that the file has been successfully upload.
If you have more files to upload, please follow the process again.