RULE GR 7
           LOCAL RULES--FILING AND EFFECTIVE DATE


    (a) Generally. Fifty copies of rules of court authorized
by law to be adopted or amended by courts other than the
Supreme Court must be filed with the state Administrator for
the Courts. New proposed rules and amendments must be filed
on or before July 1, to be effective September 1 of the same
year.  Promulgation or amendment of rules that describe only
the structure, internal management and organization of the
court but do not affect courtroom procedures are not
governed by the time limitations above.

    (b) Form. All local rules shall be consistent with rules
adopted by the Supreme Court, and shall conform in numbering
system and in format to these rules to facilitate their use.
Each rule and amendment filed shall state its effective date
in brackets following the rule. Prior to adopting a local
rule, the court may informally submit a copy of its local
rule to the Administrative Office of the Courts for comments
as to its conformity in number and format to the Official
Rules of Court, and suggestions with reference thereto.

    (c) Distribution. On or before September 1 of each year,
the Administrator for the Courts shall distribute all local
rules, and amendments thereto, to the state law library, the
libraries of the three divisions of the Court of Appeals,
all county law libraries, Washington law school libraries,
and to such other places as are deemed appropriate by the
Administrative Office of the Courts.

    (d) Availability of Local Rules; The clerk of the court
adopting the rules shall maintain a complete set of current
local rules, which shall be available for inspection and
copying.

    (e) Emergency Rules.

    (1) In the event a court other than the Supreme Court
deems that an emergency exists which requires a change in
its rules, such court shall, in addition to filing the rules
or amendments as provided in section (a), distribute them to
all county law libraries.

    (2) A rule or amendment adopted on an emergency basis
shall become effective immediately on filing with the
Administrator for the Courts.  The rule or amendment shall
remain effective for a period of 90 days after filing,
unless readopted in accordance with section (e)(1) or
submitted as a permanent rule or amendment under section (a)
within the 90-day period.

    (f) Filing Local Rules Electronically. The Administrator
for the Courts shall establish the specifications necessary
for a court to file its local court rules electronically.


[Adopted effective January 1, 1981; amended effective
September 1, 1991; March 19, 1993; November 25, 2003.]