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                                    RULE NO. 3


I. Court Files; Return Mail

   A.  No files may be removed from the Clerk's office without the express
       permission of the Clerk or the Clerk's designee.

   B.  A file or files taken from the Clerk's office by an attorney or title
       company with permission shall be returned within 24 hours, or before, if
       so requested by the Judge, Court Commissioner or Clerk of the Court.

   C.  The Clerk will not permit files to be taken from the Clerk's office by
       attorneys or title companies not complying with this rule.

   D.  If an attorney or any other person requests, from the Clerk, an answer to
       correspondence and/or confirmation of any pleading or other documents, the
       attorney or person so requesting shall furnish a self-addressed stamped envelope
       for the Clerk's convenience.
	

(Adopted effective September 1, 1996)
	

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