KMC-CRLJ 10
   FORM OF PLEADINGS – STYLE AND FORM – FACILITATING PROOF
               OF SERVICE AND FILING OF PAPERS


     (a)  Action Documents.  Pleadings or other papers
requiring action on the part of the Clerk/Court (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 either next to the special caption or in the
first paragraph on the first page.  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 or provide for 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.
The papers should when feasible, such as common
pleading or service forms, be pre-drilled or punched at
the page top for fastening in court files.

     (2)  Numbered Paper.  All pleadings, motions,
affidavits, briefs, and other supporting documents
prepared by attorneys/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 secured/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 KENT,
                KING COUNTY, STATE OF WASHINGTON


    ________________________,)
                             )    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).


(effective September 1, 2003)