Petroleum County District Court, Montana Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Clean jury instructions must be in .doc or .docx format and contain no citations.

A set of “clean” jury instructions shall also be e-filed in .doc or .docx format that does not contain the citations.

CRITICAL

Emailed proposed documents must be in .doc or .docx format.

Any proposed documents must be emailed to the Court Administrator in .doc or .docx.

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Email-submitted clean proposed jury instructions and verdict forms must be in .doc or .docx format.

If the clean proposed jury instructions and verdict form are not submitted by e-filing the parties shall email them to the Court Administrator in .doc or .docx format.

CRITICAL

Proposed orders must be in .doc or .docx format, whether e-filed or emailed to the Court Administrator in cases without e-filing.

Be submitted via e-filing in .doc or .docx format. All proposed orders in cases that are not enabled for e-filing shall be emailed to the Court Administrator in .doc or .docx format;

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The first page must follow the specified line placement and clerk-reserved space, and nonconforming pages require leave of Court or may be rejected or stricken.

The first page of any filing shall conform to the following: (1) Commencing at line 1 at the left margin, single spaced, shall identify the name of the attorney or party responsible for the pleadings together with complete mailing address, telephone number and email address; (2) Lines 1 through 7 of the right one half of the page shall be left blank for the use of the Clerk of Court; (3) On or below line 8, the title of the Court; (4) Commencing at line 9 or below, on the left the title of the case; (5) On the right and opposite the title of the case, the case number and identification of the document; (6) Nonconforming pages may not be filed without leave of the Court and will either be rejected by the Clerk of Court or stricken from the record.

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Proposed orders must omit macros and special coding or formatting, except for appropriate citation formatting.

Omit macros or special coding or formatting other than appropriate citation format;

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Margins

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

Papers must meet the stated typing, paper size, margin, line numbering, spacing, page numbering, and bottom-margin requirements.

All papers shall be: (1) Typewritten or if handwritten in clear and legible handwriting; (2) Only on standard quality paper, 8 ½” x 11” in size with one inch margins on one side only; (3) Lines numbered consecutively from the top; (4) Spaced one and a half or double, except for quoted material and footnotes; (5) Numbered consecutively on the bottom left hand portion of the page. If the filing is more than one page, the page number should be in the format “x of x”; and (6) The title of the pleading shall not be listed in the bottom margin and must be left blank for the electronic signature of the Court.

WARNING

Trial exhibits must be appropriately marked, with Plaintiff/Petitioner using numbers and Defendant/Respondent using letters unless the Court directs otherwise.

D. Exhibits are to be appropriately marked and exchanged prior to trial, with Plaintiff/Petitioner using numbers and Defendant/Respondent using letters—unless directed otherwise by the Court.

WARNING

Proposed orders for emergency filings should be properly filed with the Clerk of Court as well as emailed to the Court Administrator in .doc or .docx format.

Proposed orders for emergency filings should be properly filed with the Clerk of Court as well as emailed to the Court Administrator in .doc or .docx format.

WARNING

Attachments may not be larger than 8½ by 11 inches.

The total number of pages of attachments shall not exceed fifteen (15) except by leave of the Court and shall not be larger than 8 ½” x 11”.