Normandy Park Municipal Court

		
		
                           NPMCLR 3.0
             FILING OF PAPERS AND FORM OF PLEADINGS


     (a) Action Documents. Pleadings or other papers requiring
action on the part of the court or court clerk (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 next to or directly beneath the special caption. 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 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.

     (2) Numbered Paper. All pleadings, motions, affidavits,
briefs, and other supporting documents prepared by 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 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 NORMANDY PARK,
                KING COUNTY, STATE OF WASHINGTON

 City of Normandy Park,     )
             Plaintiff,     )     CAUSE NO. XXXXXXX
                            )
                            )     CLERK'S ACTION REQUIRED
                            )     (Note action required here or in
                            )      first paragraph)
                            )
                            )     MOTION TO SET REVIEW
vs.                         )
                            )
 __________________________,)
            Defendant       )


CLERK'S ACTION REQUIRED: (note action required here or in caption).



(Adopted effective July 1, 2005)