DMMCLR 3.0
           FILING OF PAPERS AND FORM OF PLEADINGS


     (a) Action Documents. Pleadings or other papers
requiring action on the part of the court or court clerk
(other than file stamping, docketing and placing in the
court file) shall be considered action documents. Action
documents shall include a special caption directly below the
case number on the first page, stating: "Clerk's Action
Required". The action to be taken must be stated next to or
directly beneath the special caption. The clerk will not
search through letters, notices of appearance, requests for
discovery, or other materials to locate possible requests
for action items.

     (b) Format. All pleadings and other papers shall
include the following, unless otherwise authorized by the court:

          (1) Service and Filing. Space should be provided
     at the top of the first page of a document allowing on
     the right half for the clerk's filing stamp, and in the
     left half for proof of, or acknowledgement of, service.

          (2) Numbered Paper. All pleadings, motions,
     affidavits, briefs, and other supporting documents
     prepared by parties should be on paper with line
     numbering in the left hand margin.

     (c) Handling by Clerk. All pleadings or other papers
with proper caption and cause number will be date receipted,
docketed and placed in the court file by the Clerk of the
Municipal Court in the order received.

     (d) Form of Pleadings. Pleadings in compliance with
this rule shall be in substantially the following form:


 SPACE FOR SERVICE          /    SPACE FOR COURT FILING
 PROOF                     /     STAMP
                          /


              IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT FOR THE CITY OF DES MOINES,
                       KING COUNTY, STATE OF WASHINGTON

 City of Des Moines,                  )
                                      )   CAUSE NO. XXXXXXXX
                      Plaintiff,      )
                                      )   CLERK'S ACTION REQUIRED
                                      )   (note action required here or
                                      )     in first paragraph)
                                      )
       vs.                            )
                                      )   MOTION TO SET REVIEW
 ________________,                    )
                      Defendant.      )


CLERK'S  ACTION REQUIRED: (note action required here or in caption).


(Adopted effective September 1, 2004)