22nd Judicial Circuit Court, McHenry County Document Format Requirements

The plaintiff’s attorney must prepare the notice for sale using the form available in the clerk’s office.

Prepare the notice for sale in accordance with the form available in the clerk's office.

Jury instructions must be double-spaced and typed on plain 8.5-by-11-inch paper.

Any party submitting jury instructions shall provide the court with two (2) copies of each instruction, double-space typed on 8.5" x 11" plain paper.

An emergency motion must be labeled as an Emergency Motion.

An Emergency Motion shall be labeled as such

Applies to

Subpoena

A pretrial subpoena for specified materials must bear the prescribed compliance legend, and a copy of the subpoena and notice of service must be mailed first class to all appearing parties within 48 hours after issuance.

A subpoena issued under this provision seeking specified documents, objects or tangible things shall bear the following legend on the face of the said subpoena or conspicuously attached thereto, and a copy of said subpoena and notice of service shall be mailed first class within 48 hours of issuance to all parties having appeared in the action:

When a Social Security, driver's license, or taxpayer identification number must be included, only its last four digits may be used.

If the number must be included, only the last four (4) digits of the number shall be used.

When financial account, debit card, or credit card numbers are relevant, only the last four digits may be used.

If these numbers are relevant, only the last four (4) digits of the numbers shall be used.

An electronically filed document must include the filing attorney’s or self-represented litigant’s typed name, email address, address, and telephone number.

Each electronically filed document shall also include the typed name, e-mail address, address and telephone number of the attorney or Self-Represented Litigant party filing such document.

Body text must use at least 12-point type, and footnotes must use at least 10-point type.

The size of the type in the body of the text must be no less than 12-point font, and footnotes no less than 10-point font;

Documents must use 8.5-by-11-inch pages.

The size of the pages must be 8.5” by 11” inches;

Margins

top 1 in, bottom 1 in, left 1 in, right 1 in

Every page margin must be at least one inch.

The margins on each side of the page must each be a minimum of 1 inch;

The upper-right two-inch-by-two-inch area of each pleading’s first page must remain blank for the clerk’s stamp.

The top right 2-inches by 2-inch corner of the first page of each pleading shall be left blank for the clerk's stamp.

Format

PDF

Documents must be filed in PDF, preferably converted directly from the authoring program; documents available only in paper may be scanned and converted to PDF.

Documents must be submitted in PDF format. When possible, documents must be converted to PDF directly from the program creating the document, rather than from the scanned image of a paper document. Documents only available in paper format may be scanned and converted to PDF for electronic filing.

Format

PDF

Electronically filed documents must be unalterable sealed PDFs that preserve their authored contents and formatting when printed.

Any electronically filed document must be unalterable (sealed PDF format) and be able to be printed with the same contents and formats as if printed from its authoring program.

Each motion and petition must include the representing attorney's name, address, and Illinois registration number in typewritten form or clear printing.

C. Each motion and petition shall contain in typewritten form or clear printing the name, address and State of Illinois attorney registration number of the attorney representing the party on whose behalf the document is filed.

A pleading's first page must reserve at least a 2-inch by 2-inch area in its upper-right portion for the clerk's file mark.

All pleadings shall include a cause entitlement and number, contain a space at least 2” by 2” inches at the upper right portion of the first page for the clerk's file mark, and it shall not contain a backing sheet.

Any pleading longer than one page must be stapled at its upper-left corner.

If such pleading contains more than one page, it shall be stapled at the upper left corner.

Only one side of each page may be used, except on the last page of a document and on forms and exhibits.

With the exception of the last page of each document, forms and exhibits, only one side of each page shall be used.

The case number must be positioned so that the clerk's file mark will not obscure it.

The case number shall not be placed in such a position that it will be obliterated by the clerk's file mark.

Unsealed and sealed documentary exhibits must be grouped separately and submitted separately for the appellate record.

a. All documentary exhibits to be included in the record on appeal shall be separated into groups of unsealed documentary exhibits and sealed documentary exhibits. Unsealed documentary exhibits and sealed documentary exhibits shall be submitted separately.

Documentary or descriptive exhibits must be listed in the Exhibits Table of Contents, submitted in their original form, and accompanied by an identifying page in sequential order.

c. Documentary or descriptive exhibits to be included in the record on appeal (i.e., Video or audio recordings, computer media, discs, flash drives, etc.) Shall be recorded in the Exhibits Table of Contents and submitted to the Circuit Clerk in the original form. A page shall be inserted in sequential order, identifying the documentary or descriptive exhibit.

The required pretrial memorandum must be typewritten and follow the prescribed rules and Form 4.01(b), subject to the stated special-progress-call exception.

B. Pretrial Memorandum. It shall be the duty of the attorneys for each of the parties involved in a cause of action to prepare a full and complete typewritten pretrial memorandum in form in accordance with these rules. See Form 4.01 (b). Unless otherwise ordered, the foregoing requirement shall not apply to a pretrial conference held in connection with a special progress call under Local Rule 3.09.

The appearance may be typed or legibly hand printed.

The appearance shall be in typed form or legibly hand printed.

Electronically filed pleadings must, to the extent practicable, follow the applicable document-formatting rules.

All electronically filed pleadings shall, to the extent practicable, be formatted in accordance with the applicable rules governing the formatting of document pleadings.

An oversized document must be divided by the filer into appropriately sized documents below the vendor’s maximum file size and filed as multiple documents.

If a document exceeds the maximum size allowed, the filer will file multiple documents, each under the maximum file size. In such a case, the user will be responsible for dividing the document into appropriately sized parts. Maximum file sizes and number of documents allowed in a single transaction are available in the electronic filing vendor’s user manual. Maximum file size and number of documents per transaction allowances may increase as technology advances allow.

Narrow margins or other formatting may not be used to evade the page limitation.

Neither narrow margins nor any other format shall be employed to evade the page limitation.

At the bottom of each prepared order, the attorney must print the words "prepared by," followed by the attorney's name, address, and State of Illinois attorney registration number.

The attorney who prepares the order shall print clearly "prepared by" and his name, address and State of Illinois attorney registration number at the bottom of the order.

Exhibits included in the appellate record must be submitted electronically where practical.

3. All exhibits to be included in the record on appeal, where practical, shall be submitted to the Circuit Clerk in electronic format.

Photographic exhibits should be scanned in color and submitted electronically when possible; oversized photographs that cannot be scanned must be listed in the Exhibits Table of Contents with an identifying page.

b. Photographic exhibits to be included in the record on appeal shall be scanned in color, if possible, and submitted to the Circuit Clerk electronically. Photographs larger than 8.5” x 11”, which cannot be scanned successfully, shall be listed in the Exhibits Table of Contents, with a page inserted in sequential order, identifying the photographic exhibit.

The required arrest warning in the specified post-judgment hearing notices must be bold and underlined.

Notices of hearings on Citations to Discover Assets, Rules to Show Cause and any other hearing where a body attachment or warrant of arrest may issue for a party's failure to appear after receipt of notice shall, in addition to the time, date and place of hearing, include the following words in bold type and underlined: "YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THIS HEARING MAY RESULT IN YOUR ARREST."

Interim orders must substantially conform to Form 16.02.

Pursuant to Rule 16.02, interim orders shall substantially conform to Form 16.02 (See Forms Appendix)