Floyd Circuit Court Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Copies of records must be large enough to be easily read.

Photostatic or other copies of records shall be made sufficiently large to be easily read

CRITICAL

An unrepresented party signing and acknowledging an appearance and waiver or agreement must do so before a notary.

Any unrepresented party who signs and acknowledges an appearance and waiver or agreement shall do so before a notary.

CRITICAL

Motions, pleadings, and orders must be typewritten and double-spaced, subject to exceptions that are only partially shown in this excerpt.

All motions, pleadings and orders shall be typewritten, and shall be double spaced, except legal descriptions of real property, or citations from statutes, codes, cases or

CRITICALCivil cases

If the parties do not agree on reassignment, the defendant must use Form AOC-BCD-2 and identify the qualifying counterclaim subject matter in the motion.

If an agreement regarding reassignment is not reached, the defendant shall submit a motion for reassignment on Form AOC-BCD-2 identifying the subject matter of the counterclaim that qualifies the case as appropriate for assignment to the Business Court Docket under BCR 2.1.

CRITICAL

All filed motions must bear original signatures, except motions submitted for filing by the Judge.

All Motions filed must have original signatures, except when submitted by the Judge for filing.

CRITICAL

The Clerk must stamp papers filed at the Clerk's office and mark papers filed in court “Filed in Court” with the Clerk's initials.

If filed in the Clerk's office, the paper shall be clocked in by the Clerk's official filing stamp . If the paper is filed directly with the Judge or Clerk in Court, the Clerk shall note upon the paper "Filed in Court" and affix his or her initials

WARNING

A rubber stamp does not qualify as a signature under this rule or CR 11.

A rubber stamp shall not be deemed a signature either under this Rule or CR 11.

WARNING

a. Handwritten or recorded mediation agreements must be typed and signed by all parties and their counsel, if any, within ten (10) working days.

a. Handwritten or recorded mediation agreements must be typed and signed by all parties and their counsel, if any, within ten (10) working days.

INFOCivil cases

The parties may use the attached Appendix 1 template for the Case Management Report, but are not required to do so.

The parties may use the Case Management Report template attached to this Order as Appendix 1.