Jefferson County District Court

		
		
                                  LCrRLJ. 1.5
                                Style and Form


    The format requirements for papers being filed with a court are as
specified in GR 14, except exhibits, the citation and notice, and forms
approved by the Office of the Administrator for the Courts need not be on
letter size paper (81/2 by 11 inches).  The citation and notice shall be on
a form prescribed or approved by the office of the Administrator for the Courts.

    (a)  Filing with Court. (See: CrRLJ 8.4(c) and CRLJ 5)

        (1) 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: "Clerks Action Required: (here state the action requested)."

        (2) Format Recommendations. It is recommended that all pleadings and
other papers include or provide for the following:

           (i) Service and Filing. Space should be provided at 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 acknowledgment 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.

          (ii) 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.

        (3) 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 District Court in the order received.


                              Example LCrRLJ 1.5



                    IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT
                      IN AND FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON



     ____________________  )
              PLAINTIFF    )    CAUSE NO.     XXXXXXX
             v.            )    CLERK'S ACTION REQUIRED:
                           )    SET THIS MOTION FOR HEARING
     ____________________  )
     DEFENDANT             )    MOTION CHALLENGING COMPLAINT SUFFICIENCY


     The clerks will not search out action items. They will not search through
     letters, notices of appearance, requests for discovery, or other
     materials, to locate possible requests for action, such as: preservation
     of jury trial, or non-waiver of 60/90 day rule (this needs a request to
     set within the correct time, see CrRLJ 3.3), or concern with witnesses.
     Amongst CrRLJs impacted by this rule are:

          CrRLJ 1.5 Style and Form
          CrRLJ 3.3(e) Objection to Arraignment Date
          CrRLJ 3.3(f) Setting of Trial Date ... Waiver of Objection
          CrRLJ 4.3 Joinder of Offenses and Defendants
          CrRLJ 4.3.1 Consolidation for Trial
          CrRLJ 4.4 Severance of Offenses and Defendants
          CrRLJ 4.7 Discovery (regulation of, not requests for)
          CrRLJ 4.8 Subpoenas


[Effective  September  1, 2012]