Motion to Seal Court Records

Streamline Your Motion to Seal Court Records with Paperform

When sensitive information needs protection in legal proceedings, a Motion to Seal Court Records ensures privacy while maintaining judicial transparency. This comprehensive form template simplifies the process of requesting court record sealing, helping legal professionals, self-represented litigants, and court administrators submit complete, well-documented motions.

Built for Legal Professionals and Court Systems

Whether you're an attorney protecting client confidentiality, a party safeguarding trade secrets, or a self-represented litigant seeking privacy protection, this template captures all essential elements courts require: detailed privacy justifications, affected party notifications, specific record identification, and proposed redaction schedules.

Paperform's conditional logic ensures the right information is collected based on the type of records, privacy concerns, and jurisdictional requirements. The doc-style editor makes it easy to customize fields for your specific court's local rules while maintaining a professional, court-ready submission format.

Complete Documentation in One Submission

This template gathers case information, identifies specific documents or proceedings to be sealed, collects detailed legal justification for sealing, documents notice to affected parties, and provides space for proposed redactions or partial sealing alternatives. You can attach supporting declarations, legal memoranda, and proposed orders directly within the form.

With Paperform's file upload capabilities and secure data handling (SOC 2 Type II compliant), sensitive legal documents remain protected throughout the submission process. For law firms managing multiple motions, Stepper (stepper.io) can automate the workflow—routing submissions to supervising attorneys, generating notice letters to affected parties, and tracking court response deadlines.

Efficient Court Administration

For court clerks and judicial staff, this standardized format ensures motions contain all required information before filing, reducing back-and-forth requests for additional documentation. The structured data collection makes it easier to review sealing requests, identify affected parties, and maintain proper records of sealed materials.

Paperform transforms a complex legal procedure into a clear, step-by-step process that serves both the legal profession and the court system's need for thorough, well-documented sealing requests.