PREFACE


    1.  PROMULGATION.  These rules shall be known as the Local Rules for the
District Court of the State of Washington for Skagit County.  Copies of these
rules will be filed with the Office of the Administrator of the Courts, and the
Clerk of the District Court for Skagit County.  Copies of these rules will be
distributed to all law offices in Skagit County and to the County Law Library
for public reference.  Copies will be available from the District Court Clerk
for Skagit County.  These rules will be effective on September 1, 1999.

    2.  NUMBERING.  Consistent with GR 7(b) Washington Court Rules, these rules,
to the extent possible, conform in numbering system and in format to those rules
adopted by the Supreme Court of the State of Washington for courts of limited
jurisdiction and facilitate the use of the same.  The number of each rule is
preceded by the abbreviation "SL" designating the rule as a Skagit County Local
Court Rule and as being supplemental to the corresponding Washington Court Rule
for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction.

    3.  Revisions and Additions (reserved).