Issaquah Municipal Court

		
		
                         IMC-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 ISSAQUAH,
                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 January 1, 2005)