Stillwater County District Court, Montana Courtesy Copy Requirements

Courtesy copies of all filings are mandatory and should be provided to the Court Administrator at the same time they are filed with the appropriate Court Clerk; omission may delay review.

Courtesy copies of all filings are mandatory and should be provided to the Court Administrator simultaneously with their filing with the appropriate Court Clerk. Failure to provide a courtesy copy may delay the Court’s review of the filing.

Counsel must provide Chambers with a courtesy copy of every document.

Registered users are also reminded that pursuant to Twenty-Second Judicial District Local Rules a courtesy copy of all documents must be provided to Chambers by counsel.

The Court must receive the original and one copy of each proposed instruction; the working copy must identify the requesting party, be consecutively numbered, and include an attached page citing its source and any supporting authority.

The original and one copy of each instruction proposed must be furnished to the Court. The Court’s working copy of each instruction shall indicate the party on whose behalf it is requested, be numbered consecutively, and on an attached page, contain reference to the source thereof, and a citation of authority, if any, supporting the statement of law therein.

Courtesy copies of motions and briefs must be made available to the Court even in counties with e-filing; they may be mailed, faxed, or emailed to Chambers, with email to the Court Administrator strongly preferred.

Courtesy copies for all motions and briefs filed with the Clerk of Court shall be made available to the Court for consideration. See Local Rule 10-1, supra. Copies may be mailed, faxed or emailed to the Court Chambers in Columbus, Montana. The Court strongly prefers that courtesy copies are provided to the Court Administrator via email. Courtesy copies must be provided even if the county where the case is taking place has adopted e-filing.