WOODSTOCK – Rolling suitcases full of civil documents to be filed at the McHenry County Circuit Clerk’s Office could be a thing of the past.

A test program that will allow most civil filings to be submitted completely online is about six months away for some attorneys, with the full rollout expected about two months after that, Circuit Clerk Katherine Keefe said.

Larger law firms – many located in Cook County and handling numerous mortgage filings – often send a runner with all the paperwork who spends hours at the clerk’s counter, Keefe said.