Treasure County District Court, Montana Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

Scanned documents filed electronically must be in PDF format.

D. The required format for electronically filing of scanned documents is PDF.

CRITICAL

Filings must follow UDCR 1 formatting and use left justification for the body.

K. All filings shall be formatted as directed by UDCR 1, and utilize left justify for the body of the document.

CRITICAL

Documents filed with the Clerk must not be stapled.

M. In order to facilitate scanning and entry into the Full Court case management system, documents filed with the Clerk of Court shall not be stapled.

CRITICAL

Proposed orders transmitted electronically must be in Microsoft Word format.

The required format for electronically transmitted proposed orders is Microsoft Word.

WARNING

The emailed jury instructions with citations must be in Microsoft Word format.

In addition, attorneys must email the jury instructions with citations to the judicial assistant in Microsoft Word format.

WARNING

Jury instructions must be printed on letter-size paper.

Instructions shall be printed on 8½” x 11” paper.

WARNING

For filings longer than one page, counsel should avoid leaving a page containing only the date or a judge’s signature line.

L. Counsel shall take care that any filing of more than one page in length does not leave one page with a “dangling signature line,” i.e., a page with only the date and/or a line for the judge’s signature.

INFO

Microsoft Word is the preferred format for submitting proposed findings and conclusions to the judge.

In addition to the submission for the Court file, the preferred format for submission to the judge is Microsoft Word.

INFO

Microsoft Word is the preferred format for a proposed order.

The preferred format is a Microsoft Word document.