Clark County Superior Court, Washington Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

The award must use the form prescribed and approved by the court.

The award shall be prepared on the form prescribed and approved by the court.

CRITICALCivil cases

Materials requiring an exhibit index must be consecutively page-numbered.

Any materials requiring an exhibit index under this subsection must be consecutively page-numbered.

CRITICALCivil cases

The arbitrator's request for payment must use the form prescribed and approved by the court.

When the award is filed, the arbitrator shall submit to the Arbitration Coordinator a request for payment on a form prescribed and approved by the court.

CRITICALCivil cases

The Case Assignment Notice must use the form prescribed and approved by the court.

For cases subject to LCR 40(c), the appealing party shall file and serve a Case Assignment Notice in a form prescribed and approved by the court (see LCR 40(c)(1)).

CRITICALCivil cases

The Statement of Arbitrability for a case subject to LCR 40(c) must use a form prescribed and approved by the court.

For all cases subject to LCR 40(c), in order to transfer a case to arbitration a party shall file and serve a Statement of Arbitrability in a form prescribed and approved by the court and pay the required arbitration fee at least ten (10) court days before the Scheduling Conference (LCR 40(c)(4)).

CRITICAL

After the arraignment-time review, bail may be reconsidered only through a proper written motion.

Thereafter, bail may be reconsidered only by proper written motion

CRITICAL

A CrR 7.8 motion must use a form prescribed and approved by the court.

The motion shall be filed on a form prescribed and approved by the court.

CRITICAL

Materials that require an exhibit index must be consecutively page-numbered.

Any materials requiring an exhibit index under this subsection must be consecutively page-numbered.

CRITICALCivil cases

The oath of office must use the form prescribed and approved by the court.

The oath of office on the form prescribed and approved by the court must be completed and filed prior to an applicant being placed on the panel.

CRITICALCivil cases

An award must use the form prescribed and approved by the court.

The award shall be prepared on the form prescribed and approved by the court.

CRITICAL

The parties must use the court-prescribed and court-approved form for the Confidential Judicial Settlement Conference Statement.

The parties shall use the form prescribed and approved by the court;

CRITICAL

Format

PAPER

Hard-copy working copies must identify the hearing date, hearing time, judicial officer, and assigned department in the upper right corner.

(1) For any motion, including motions under CR 56 or CR 59, cited before the court, the filing party shall deliver hard-copy (paper form) working copies to the assigned department at the time the hearing is cited before the assigned department or when the responsive pleadings are filed. Hard-copies delivered to the assigned department shall identify in the upper right corner: Date of Hearing: Time of Hearing: Judicial Officer Hearing the Matter: Assigned Department

CRITICAL

Self-represented litigant pleadings must be typewritten or neatly printed and conform to CR 10(e)’s format recommendations; they must also include telephone number(s), a mailing address, and a street address for service or may be rejected.

Self-represented litigant pleadings shall be typewritten or neatly printed, shall conform to the format recommendations of CR 10(e), and shall contain the party’s telephone number(s), mailing address and street address where service of process and other papers may be made upon him/her or the same may be rejected for filing by the clerk.

CRITICALCivil cases

The arbitrator information sheet must use the form prescribed and approved by the court.

A person desiring to serve as an arbitrator shall complete an information sheet on the form prescribed and approved by the court.

CRITICAL

Orders approving these settlements must be presented using the court-prescribed and court-approved form.

All orders approving settlement of minors or adults subject to guardianship or conservatorship shall be presented using the form prescribed and approved by the court.

CRITICALCivil cases

The Order to Show Cause must be presented using the form prescribed and approved by the court.

The Order to Show Cause shall be presented to the court using the form prescribed and approved by the court.

CRITICALCivil cases

Self-represented litigant pleadings must be typewritten or neatly printed and conform to CR 10(e)’s format recommendations.

Self-represented litigant pleadings shall be typewritten or neatly printed, shall conform to the format recommendations of CR 10(e), and shall contain the party’s telephone number(s), mailing address and street address where service of process and other papers may be made upon him/her or the same may be rejected for filing by the clerk.

CRITICAL

An Order to Show Cause must be presented using the court-prescribed and court-approved form.

The Order to Show Cause shall be presented to the court using the form prescribed and approved by the court.

WARNINGCivil cases

The court may permit a copy to be filed or substituted for an original exhibit or paper, upon notice and either then or by later-granted leave.

the court may, either then or by leave granted thereafter, upon notice, permit a copy of any such exhibit or other paper to be filed or substituted in the files in lieu of the original.

WARNING

The Case Assignment Notice must be in a form prescribed and approved by the court.

the filing party or the filing party’s attorney shall simultaneously prepare and file a Notice Assigning Case to Judicial Department and Setting Scheduling Conference Date (referred to hereinafter as Case Assignment Notice) in a form prescribed and approved by the court.

WARNING

A Case Management Order must substantially follow the court-approved form, but the court may modify it or add deadlines or other requirements.

(4) Contents. A Case Management Order shall be substantially in the form as approved by the court, however, the court retains discretion to modify or add applicable deadlines or other requirements.

WARNING

A Statement of Arbitrability must use a form prescribed and approved by the court.

For all cases subject to LCR 40(c), in order to transfer a case to arbitration a party shall file and serve a Statement of Arbitrability in a form prescribed and approved by the court and pay the required arbitration fee at least ten (10) court days before the Scheduling Conference (LCR 40(c)(4)).

WARNING

When the court orders a judicial settlement conference, it must issue a Notice to Set using the court-prescribed and approved form.

If the court orders a judicial settlement conference, the court shall issue a Notice to Set Judicial Settlement Conference using the form prescribed and approved by the court.

WARNING

The Confidential Judicial Settlement Conference Statement must use the form prescribed and approved by the court.

At least ten (10) days before the judicial settlement conference each party shall supply a Confidential Judicial Settlement Conference Statement to the other parti(ies) and to the settlement conference judge as follows: (A) The parties shall use the form prescribed and approved by the court;

WARNING

Objections may be handwritten, redlined on the proposed order, or summarized in a writing of no more than two pages.

Objections may be handwritten, redlined on the proposed order, or summarized in a writing not exceeding two pages.

WARNING

The Joint Status Report must use a form substantially as approved by the court.

the parties shall file a Joint Status Report in a form substantially as approved by the court.

WARNINGCivil cases

An order may be presented in person or electronically, as directed by the judicial officer.

The order may be presented in-person or electronically as directed by the judicial officer.

WARNING

A Response to Notice to Set for Trial must use a form prescribed and approved by the court.

An attorney or party who objects to a case being set for trial, or who disputes information on the Notice, must file and serve a Response to Notice to Set for Trial, on a form prescribed and approved by the court, within ten (10) days of the date of service of the Notice.

WARNING

The Notice to Set a Judicial Settlement Conference must use the form prescribed and approved by the court.

If there is agreement, all parties shall jointly complete, sign, and file with the Clark County Clerk a Notice to Set a Judicial Settlement Conference using the form prescribed and approved by the court.

WARNING

The Notice of Hearing for a Judicial Settlement Conference must use the form prescribed and approved by the court.

If there is no agreement, the person requesting a judicial settlement conference shall complete, sign, and file with the Clark County Clerk a Notice of Hearing for a Judicial Settlement Conference using the form prescribed and approved by the court.

INFO

Electronic or digital signatures are authorized for the listed documents, have the effect of original signatures, and do not require an affidavit or declaration under GR17(a)(2).

(5) Electronic or Digital Signatures. Electronic or digital signatures shall be authorized in all proceedings for the signing of all pleadings, motions, responses, oppositions, informations, warrants, and affidavits of probable cause, declarations and orders. Electronic or digital signatures may be made by a judicial officer, party, witness, law enforcement officer or attorney. An electronic or digital signature shall be deemed a reliable means for authentication of documents and shall have the same force and effect as an original signature to a paper copy of the document so signed. This local rule eliminates the need for an affidavit or declaration pursuant GR17(a)(2).

INFO

Proposed orders may be circulated in editable electronic format.

Proposed orders may be circulated in editable electronic format.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Proposed order

Proposed orders may be circulated in editable electronic format.

Proposed orders may be circulated in editable electronic format.