Rutherford County Circuit Court, Tennessee Document Format Requirements

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Format

PDF

Converted documents must have a .pdf file extension.

Converted Documents must contain he “.pdf” file extension.

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Petitions for approval of a new bonding company must use a form similar to the one provided by the Rutherford County Circuit Court Clerk.

All petitions for approval of a new bonding company must be in a form similar to the one provided by the Circuit Court Clerk of Rutherford County, Tennessee.

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Exhibit filenames must begin with a number for Plaintiffs/Movants and a letter for Defendant/Respondents; letters may repeat when the alphabet is exhausted.

The first component of the file name shall be a number or letter, depending on the party's role. - (A) Plaintiffs/Movants shall use numbers. - (B) Defendant/Respondents shall use letter. If the alphabet is exhausted, then letters will repeat. For Example: "AA" or "AAA"

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The third filename component must be an extension identifying the file format listed under the required electronic formats.

The third component of the file name is the extension which shall identify the format of the file as listed above under electronic formats required.

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Security features in exhibit files, including passwords and locked or editing features, must be disabled.

Any security features in an exhibit file, such as passwords, locked or editing features, must be disabled.

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The quarterly report must use the Clerk-prescribed format and be submitted as a spreadsheet or table suitable for the Clerk's audit.

in the format prescribed by the Clerk on a spreadsheet or table suitable for auditing by the Clerk

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A non-jury trial order must display the Trial Judge's name in all capital letters immediately under the Case Number and include the trial date, time, and duration.

Orders setting non-jury trials shall contain the name of the Trial Judge in all capital letters immediately under the Case Number, and include the date, time, and duration of the trial.

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Electronic evidence must use one of the listed formats, and any listed format may be compressed into a ZIP file.

- (a) Allowable Formats. All electronic evidence must be submitted in one of the following formats: - - PDF - - PNG, GIF, JPD/JPEG - - WMV - - MP3 - - PPT/PPTX Any of the allowable formats can be compressed into a ZIP file.

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Jury trial orders must follow the specified capitalization, placement, and Appendix A form requirements.

Orders setting jury trials shall display the words "A JURY OF" in all capital letters immediately followed by the number of jurors requested; all of which shall appear immediately under the docket number of the case. Where no number of jurors has been demanded, a panel of six jurors plus alternate(s) will be empaneled. The name of the Trial Judge shall appear in all capital letters immediately under the number of jurors. Orders establishing jury trial dates shall be in the form shown in Appendix A attached hereto, and include the date and time of the pre-trial conference, and the date, time, and duration of the trial.

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E-Filers are responsible for ensuring that their E-Filed documents are legible.

The E-Filer is responsible for verifying that the documents to be E-Filed are legible.

CRITICALCriminal cases

The monthly report must use the Clerk-prescribed format and be submitted as a spreadsheet or table suitable for auditing.

in the format prescribed by the Clerk on a spreadsheet or table suitable for auditing by the Clerk

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Format

PDF

All PDF documents must be flattened.

All PDF documents must be flattened.

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Exhibit filenames must be continuous and contain no spaces or periods.

(File names must be continuous and not have spaces or periods.

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Format

PDF

E-Filed documents must be uploaded as PDFs, except Proposed Orders for a judge to review.

Each E-Filed document shall be uploaded in a PDF format unless it is a Proposed Order for a judge to review.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Petitions for approval of a new bonding company must use a form similar to the one provided by the Rutherford County Circuit Court Clerk.

All petitions for approval of a new bonding company must be in a form similar to the one provided by the Circuit Court Clerk of Rutherford County, Tennessee.

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Pleadings filed or presented to the Court must use letter-sized paper.

All pleadings filed or presented to the Court shall be on letter-sized (8 \frac{1}{2}" x 11") paper.

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Subpoenas must be typed or printed and served on the party, witness, or officer.

All subpoenas shall be typed or printed and served on the party, witness, or officer.

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Exhibits may not exceed 10 MB, and any compressed exhibit must use ZIP format and remain within the 10 MB limit.

- (b) File size. The maximum file size for exhibits is 10.0 megabytes (MB). Exhibits may be compressed in ZIP format only. Any compressed exhibit file shall not exceed 10 MB.

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A pre-trial conference order must use the form shown in Appendix B.

The Court shall file an Order for Pre-Trial Conference with the date, time, and location of the Conference in the form shown in Appendix B attached hereto.

WARNING

E-Filed documents should follow the applicable Terms of Use Agreement and the formatting rules for paper documents, as well as any other format the Court may require.

The document should be formatted in accordance with the applicable Terms of Use Agreement as well as the TRCP and Local Rules Governing formatting of paper documents and in such other and further format as the Court may require from time to time.

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If listing more children than the form provides space for, continue on an additional sheet of paper.

(If more children, please continue on additional sheet of paper)

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Applies to

Witness and exhibit lists

Witness and exhibit lists must be combined in one document using the form in Appendix C.

Exchange of Witness and Exhibit lists shall be done in the same document in the form shown in Appendix C attached hereto.

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(Please print legibly)

(Please print legibly)

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Each proposed exhibit must be marked for identification.

(4) a list of proposed exhibits with each exhibit marked for identification;

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Exhibit filenames must include a brief description; the description should identify the exhibit and avoid information the filer does not want displayed to the Court or other parties.

The second component of the file name shall be a brief description of the exhibit. It should be sufficiently descriptive to identify the exhibit and it should not contain any information the filer does not want displayed to the Court or to other parties.

INFO

Proposed Orders may be E-Filed in Microsoft Word format.

Proposed Orders can be E-Filed in Microsoft Word format.

INFO

The address and other identifiers should be placed prominently on the Order to assist the Sheriff’s search.

It is suggested that this information along with other identifiers be located on the Order in an apparent location to aid the Sheriff in the search for the Defendant.