Roanoke City General District Court, Virginia Document Format Requirements
7 rules from official source documents
Font, margin, spacing, and file format requirements for court filings.
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Backs, midriffs, and stomachs must be covered at all times.
Backs, midriffs, and stomachs are to be covered at all times.
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Everyone entering a courtroom must dress and act respectfully.
All persons entering any courtroom must dress and act in a respectful manner.
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Halter tops, tank tops, shorts, exposed underwear, flip flops, bedroom slippers, and sunglasses are prohibited in the courtroom.
No halter tops, tank tops, shorts, exposed underwear, flip flops, bedroom slippers, or sunglasses.
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Clothing with rude, obscene, or vulgar wording or pictures is prohibited.
No clothing with rude, obscene, or vulgar wording or pictures.
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Hats, head scarves, headbands, and kerchiefs may not be worn, except for religious or medical reasons.
With religious and medical exception, no hats, head scarves, headbands, or kerchiefs may be worn.
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Trousers must be worn at the waistline, and shirt tails must be tucked in.
Trousers are to be worn at the waistline and shirt tails are to be tucked in.
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Courtesy Copy Requirements
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Electronic Filing Rules
Electronic filing requirements, permitted filing channels, EFSP portals, and exceptions.
Filing Timing and Cure Windows
Filing cutoffs, deemed-filed rules, rejection handling, cure periods, and outage procedures.