Asotin, Columbia and Garfield Counties Superior Court Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Scanned documents must be at least 300 DPI before e-filing and preferably should be made searchable using OCR.

Prior to being filed electronically, a scanned document must have a resolution of 300 DPI. Preferably, scanned documents should be made searchable using OCR technology;

CRITICAL

E-filed document filenames should use only Latin1_General alphanumeric characters, contain no special characters, and be no longer than 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;

CRITICAL

E-filed documents may not have security or feature restrictions or contain embedded multimedia or programming.

An e-filed document may not contain any security or feature restrictions including password protection or encryption and may not contain embedded multi-media video, audio, or programming;

CRITICAL

If a party wants a digital exhibit viewed or played during the hearing or trial, the party must bring a suitable device that can connect to the Court's media system.

I understand that if I wish to have a digital exhibit viewed or played during the hearing/trial it will be my responsibility to bring a suitable device capable of connecting to the Court's media system on which to play or view the exhibit.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

An uploaded document must be a PDF.

The document uploaded must be a PDF;

CRITICAL

Pleadings, motions, and other filed papers must comply with GR 14, be typed or legibly handwritten and double-spaced, and use print of at least 12-point type.

A. Format Requirements: All pleadings, motions, and other papers filed with the court shall comply with GR 14 and be typed or legibly handwritten and double spaced. Print in any format must appear as 12 point or larger type.

CRITICAL

Each Document should not exceed 25 MB in size;

Each Document should not exceed 25 MB in size;

CRITICAL

A true and correct copy of the digital exhibits must be brought to the hearing or trial on a USB flash drive or similar digital storage device for admission.

I will bring a true and correct copy of my digital exhibit(s) to the hearing/trial above on a USB flash drive or similar digital storage device for admission.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

Working copies must be combined into one PDF and show the hearing date and time, case name, case number, and submitting party on the first page.

Working copies shall be merged as one PDF and visibly display the hearing date and time, case name, case number and submitting party on page one.

CRITICAL

Documents may not contain package PDFs or embedded fonts, and PDFs should not be embedded inside another PDF.

Documents may not contain package PDF's. PDF's should not be embedded inside of another PDF. Documents may not contain embedded fonts.

CRITICAL

Each e-filing envelope should not exceed 35 MB in total.

Each envelope should not exceed a total of 35 MB.

WARNING

Except for digital exhibits submitted under section C, filed pleadings, motions, and other papers must be capable of legible digitization, and the Clerk may reject submissions that are not.

B. Digital Document Conversion: Except digital exhibits submitted pursuant to section C of this rule, all pleadings, motions, and other papers filed with the court shall be of such quality as to be capable of legible digitization. The Clerk's office may reject or decline to accept any submission which cannot be digitized legibly.

WARNING

Instruction citations must appear in the lower left-hand corner, instructions must be logically arranged, and instructions citing authority must be numbered at the top center of the first page.

Citations shall be in the lower left-hand corner. All instructions shall be arranged in a logical order. All instructions with citations of authority shall be numbered by the submitting party at the top center of the first page.

WARNING

The first set of proposed instructions must be numbered and cite the WPI number or appropriate authority; the second must be unnumbered and contain no authority citations.

The first set shall be numbered and shall contain citations either to the WPI number or the appropriate authority for the instruction. The second set shall be "clean" and will be unnumbered and contain no citations to authorities.

WARNING

For admission, the party must bring a true and complete copy of the digital exhibit on a USB flash drive or similar storage device; a party wishing to show it must bring a device capable of connecting to the courtroom media system and playing it.

The party seeking the admission of a digital exhibit shall bring a true and complete copy of the digital exhibit to the applicable hearing on a USB flash drive or similar digital storage device. A party wishing to play or show a digital exhibit during a proceeding is responsible for bringing a device capable of connecting to the courtroom digital media system and playing the digital exhibit.

WARNING

Submitted documents should conform to the local court rules and GR14.

The documents submitted should conform with local court rules and with GR14.

WARNING

Exhibit copies must be legible and numbered the same as the Clerk's markings, unless making copies is impractical.

Unless making copies is impractical, legible copies of exhibits shall be furnished to opposing counsel and the court, numbered the same as marked by the Clerk.

WARNING

Interrogatories must leave a reasonably sized blank space after each question for the written response.

shall be so arranged that after each separate question there shall appear a blank space reasonably calculated to enable the answering party to place the written response.

WARNING

Rules governing pleading captions and form also apply to motions and other papers under these rules.

The rules applicable to captions and other matters of form of pleadings apply to all motions and other papers provided for by these rules.

WARNING

If an interrogatory response is placed on separate pages, the responding party must identify the question number and any applicable subpart.

In the event the responding party either chooses to place the response on a separate page or pages or must do so in order to complete the response, the responding party shall clearly denote the number of the question to which the response relates, including the subpart thereof if applicable.

INFO

When possible, documents should be generated from the originating software using a PDF distiller.

When possible, the document should be generated directly from the originating software using a PDF distiller;