Dallas County District Courts Document Format Requirements

WARNINGCivil cases

Format

PDF

Paper exhibits for the Court Reporter must be submitted on a thumb-drive or SD card in PDF format only.

Please submit paper exhibits, such as color photos, emails, letters, reports, etc., that are expected to be presented to the Court Reporter, on a thumb-drive, or on an SD card, in .pdf format ONLY.

WARNINGCourt noticeProposed or draft document; may not be in force

be directly converted to PDF rather than scanned, if possible;

be directly converted to PDF rather than scanned, if possible;

WARNINGCourt noticeProposed or draft document; may not be in force

E-filed document filenames must contain only alphanumeric characters from the Latin1_General character set, with no special characters and a maximum length of 50 characters.

Any e‐filed document filename should contain only alphanumeric characters that are part of the Latin1_General character set. No special characters are allowed and the length of the filename should be restricted to 50 characters.

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All filings must be descriptively titled, pages consecutively numbered in the lower margin through attachments, and orders/judgments filed as separate documents.

All pleadings, motions, briefs, orders and other papers, including exhibits attached thereto, when offered for filing or entry, shall be descriptively titled. Each page of each instrument shall, in the lower margin thereof, be consecutively numbered and titled; e.g., "Plaintiffs Original Petition- Page 2." Page numbers should continue in sequential order through the last page of any attachments or exhibits (i.e. should not re-start with each succeeding document). Any reference to an attachment shall include the sequential page number where the reference can be found. Orders and Judgments shall be separate documents completely separated from all other papers.

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Exhibits must be pre-marked with exhibit stickers and chronologically numbered for remote proceedings.

All exhibits must be pre-marked with exhibit stickers and chronologically numbered for ease of reference during remote proceedings.

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Flash drives and other computer devices may not be submitted to the Court.

Do not submit to the Court a flash drive or other computer device with materials for the Court's consideration.

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Media exhibits, such as audio recordings, videos, etc., should be submitted on a thumb-drive, or on an SD card, in .wav, .mp3 or .mpeg formats ONLY.

Media exhibits, such as audio recordings, videos, etc., should be submitted on a thumb-drive, or on an SD card, in .wav, .mp3 or .mpeg formats ONLY.

WARNINGCivil cases

Format

DOCX

fact and conclusions of law before the trial. These documents also should be emailed in WORD format to the Court Coordinator at 101court@dallascounty.org

fact and conclusions of law before the trial. These documents also should be emailed in WORD format to the Court Coordinator at 101court@dallascounty.org

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Media exhibits must be submitted on thumb drive or SD card in .wav or .mp3 format only.

Please submit all media exhibits, such as audio recordings, videos, etc., on a thumb drive, or on an SD card, in .wav or .mp3 format ONLY.

WARNING

Format

PDF

Paper exhibits must be submitted on thumb-drive or SD card in .pdf format only.

Please submit paper exhibits, such as color photos, emails, letters, reports, etc., that are expected to be presented to the Court Reporter, on a thumb-drive, or on an SD card, in .pdf format ONLY.

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Exhibits must be marked numerically or with letters before going on the record.

Please have all exhibits marked numerically or letters prior to going on the record.

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Format

PDF

Exhibits and evidence must be delivered to the Court Reporter in PDF format in advance of the hearing, pre-marked with exhibit stickers and chronologically numbered, with sequentially numbered pages.

Any party needing to admit either exhibits or other evidence referred to above must electronically deliver same to the Court Reporter in PDF format in advance of the hearing already pre-marked with exhibit stickers and chronologically numbered for ease of reference (and directing a witness's attention) during remote proceedings. The pages of each Exhibit, deposition, declaration of other proffered evidence must be sequentially numbered for ease of reference.

WARNINGCivil cases

Reduced, multiple-page formats (Min-u-script) are prohibited.

Additionally, the use of reduced, multiple pages (i.e.: Min-u-script) is hereby prohibited.

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Format

DOCX

The working charge should be initiated in Microsoft Word format by Plaintiff and emailed to Defendant.

The working charge should be initiated in Microsoft Word format by Plaintiff and emailed to Defendant.

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Margins

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

Motions and briefs must use 12-point font and 1-inch margins on each side.

Motions and/or Brief shall be 12 point, and margins of 1” on each side of a page.

WARNINGCivil cases

Format

DOCX

Bench trial submissions must be in Microsoft Word format.

The submission must be emailed to Sheria West at sheria.n.west@dallascounty.org with a copy to all parties, in Microsoft Word

INFOCivil cases

Format

DOCX

These should be submitted to the Court Administrator via e-mail in MS Word format.

These should be submitted to the Court Administrator via e-mail in MS Word format.

INFO

Format

PDF

Exhibits should be pre-marked in a single PDF and tabbed/bookmarked if possible.

The exhibits should be pre-marked in one PDF, if possible, and tabbed/bookmarked.

INFOCivil cases

In multi-party cases, parties may optionally segregate and list exhibits by party.

In a multi-party case, the parties may segregate and list exhibits by party in a format similar to this:

INFOCivil cases

The court uses Microsoft Teams for videoconferencing; consumer-level platforms are not supported.

The court uses enterprise-level videoconferencing: Microsoft Teams. The court does not support consumer-level videoconferencing.

INFOCivil casesCourt notice

Format

PAPER

Trial exhibits of 50 pages or less are accepted in paper form.

Trial exhibits 50 pages or less will be accepted in paper form.

INFOCivil cases

Judge Frazier prefers motions written in Arial font.

Judge Frazier prefers motions to be written in Arial Font.

CRITICALCivil cases

Format

PDF

Exhibits and other evidence used in remote proceedings must be sent to the Court Reporter in PDF in advance, pre-printed, and date-numbered.

Any party needing to admit either exhibits or other evidence referred to above must apply electronically send same to the Court Reporter in PDF format in advance of the hearing already pre-marked with exhibit stickers and frequency numbered for ease of reference (and in the event the witness’s attention) during remote proceedings. The pages of the he each probative Exhibit, deposition, declaration within other proffered evidence must be sequentially numbered for ease of reference.