Jefferson County District Court, Montana Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion or stipulation

Motions, stipulations, and similar filings must be separate documents from proposed orders.

All motions, stipulations, etc. must be a separate document from the proposed order.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Proposed order

Proposed e-file orders must be filed in Word as separate documents categorized as Proposed Orders, without a footer or a judge’s signature/date block.

All proposed e-file Orders shall be filed in Word, as a separate document categorized as a Proposed Order in e-file, and shall not have a footer, or signature/date block for the judge.

CRITICAL

Writs of execution must use the Clerk’s available format or a substantially similar form.

7.2 Writs of execution must include information in accord with the format available from the Clerk of Court or in a substantially similar form.

CRITICAL

All documents must be properly signed and dated using the party’s copied or electronically generated signature.

all documents must be properly signed and dated with the party’s copied or electronically generated signature;

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Exhibits must be labeled with consecutive numbers for plaintiffs or petitioners and letters for defendants or respondents.

8.2 Exhibits must be pre-labeled as follows: (1) Plaintiff’s/Petitioner’s (Exhibit 1, 2, 3, etc.); or (2) Defendant’s/Respondent’s (Exhibit A, B, C, etc.).

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

Emailed documents must be in PDF format and attached to the email.

(2) emailed documents must be in a PDF format and submitted as an attachment to an email.

CRITICAL

Parties must provide only an electronic copy of jury instructions in Word format to the Judicial Assistant by email.

Parties shall provide only an electronic copy of instructions in Word format to Diane Kaatz, Judicial Assistant at dkaatz@mt.gov.

WARNING

Email and fax filings are considered originals; mailed originals are unnecessary, and duplicate documents may not be filed.

Documents filed by email or facsimile are considered the originals. Mailed original documents are not required and duplicates may not be filed.