Proposed Rules Archives

• Proposed Changes to RAP 17.4 - Filing and Service of Motion - Answer to Motion (in Word Format)
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Purpose: The proposal revises deadlines and procedures for filing and hearing motions:

• Several specific deadlines that are inconsistent with current appellate practices are deleted or revised.

• Section (a)’s procedures for noting motions are changed to provide greater consistency among the practices of the three divisions.

• The procedures for emergency motions are revised in section (b).

• Procedures for responding to a motion within a brief are added to section (d). The same change is also being proposed in RAP 10.4(d).

• New procedures relating to answers to motions are added to section (e).