Court Rules

Lake Superior Court Document Format Requirements

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Font, margin, spacing, and file format requirements for court filings.

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Motions in limine must be written and filed and served as early as possible, no later than the commencement of the trial assignment hearing.

Any motions in limine must be in writing and filed and served at the earliest opportunity, but not later than the commencement of the trial assignment hearing. (eff. 1/1/2010, amd. 7/1/2019)

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Exhibits must be assembled and collated in the order in which they are expected to be presented.

The exhibits shall be assembled and collated in their anticipated order of presentation.

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Picture and photograph exhibits must be exact duplicate copies.

Exhibits consisting of pictures or photographs, in any form, shall be an exact duplicate copy.

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Electronic audio or video recording evidence must be presented on a flash drive or disc.

Electronic audio or video recording evidence must be presented on a flash drive or disc

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Exhibits lodged with the court must be enclosed in a closed, sealed envelope displaying the case name and number on its cover.

The exhibits to be lodged with the court shall be enclosed entirely in a closed and sealed envelope(s) with the case name and number displayed on the cover.

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Format
PDF

Electronically filed papers must be searchable PDFs with OCR, viewable in a standard PDF viewer, and comply with applicable text and form requirements, including for exhibits.

All papers submitted for electronic filing shall be in a text searchable Portable Document Format (PDF) containing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology and viewable by any standard PDF Viewer. Papers submitted for electronic filing must comply with all text and form requirements generally applicable to the filing of papers including exhibits to any filing.

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Probate accounts for estates, guardianships, conservatorships, and testamentary trusts must conform to Probate Code sections 1061–1064 and, to the extent possible, use Judicial Council-approved forms.

All accounts filed in probate proceedings, which shall include estates, guardianship, conservatorship and testamentary trust accounts, shall conform to California Probate Code § 1061 through 1064 as they may be amended, and to the extent possible shall be set forth on forms approved by the Judicial Council.

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Exhibits should be presented on paper rather than electronically whenever possible.

Exhibits shall be presented in paper form, as opposed to electronic form, whenever possible.

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Hyperlinks in filings are permitted only when active and formatted to standard citation format under CRC, Rule 1.200.

The inclusion of hyperlinks in any filing is permitted only if the hyperlink is active and formatted to standard citation format under CRC, Rule 1.200.

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The duplicate exhibits presented in the case shall be of the same quality and detail.

Common questions about Lake Superior Court document format requirements

What formatting rules apply to filings in Lake Superior Court?

Lake Superior Court's formatting rule includes file format PDF, must be text searchable and contain optical character recognition (ocr) technology., must be viewable by any standard pdf viewer., and must comply with all generally applicable text and form requirements, including requirements for exhibits.. Electronically filed papers must be searchable PDFs with OCR, viewable in a standard PDF viewer, and comply with applicable text and form requirements, including for exhibits.

View ruleOfficial source Source: page 66, section 20.3 Format Of Papers For Electronic Filing

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