Cowlitz County Superior Court Courtesy Copy Requirements

One bench copy must be provided to Superior Court Administration; an endorsed copy must be provided promptly to the Clerk’s Office, and failure to provide the bench copy may delay arbitration.

An endorsed copy of the Request for Transfer to Arbitration and Statement of Arbitrability shall be promptly provided to the Superior Court Clerk’s Office and a bench copy to Superior Court Administration. Failure to provide the bench copy to Superior Court Administration may delay the starting of the arbitration process.

A copy of any pleading filed after 3:00 p.m. five court days before the hearing must be provided to the assigned judge.

A copy of any pleading filed after 3:00 p.m. five (5) court days prior to the hearing must be given to the assigned judge.

The parties must provide one copy of the proposed Order of Cancellation to Superior Court Administration.

When a case is settled, the parties shall prepare, file, and provide a copy to Superior Court Administration of a proposed Order of Cancellation (see https://www.cowlitzsuperiorcourt.us for the form “Strike Trial Date”)

A copy of each party’s proposed order must be provided to the Court and the other party or their attorney at least 7 days before the docket or decision date.

A copy of any proposed order(s) by either party shall be provided to the Court and to the other party, or their attorney, not less than seven (7) days prior to the docket/decision date.

Courtesy copies of pleadings must show the pending hearing’s date and time in the upper-right corner of the first page.

All courtesy copies of a pleading provided to the Court shall have the date and time of the pending hearing on the upper right corner of the first page of the pleading.

A hard copy of a pleading filed less than seven court days before a scheduled hearing must be provided to the assigned judge or Court Administration, with a note in the upper-right corner of its first page identifying the hearing or calendar docket.

A hard copy of any pleading filed less than seven (7) court days prior to a scheduled hearing must be provided to the assigned judge or, if no judge is yet assigned, to the Court Administration with a note in the upper right corner of the first page indicating the date, time and type of hearing/calendar docket.

A bench copy of the original motion and reply documents must be delivered to Superior Court Administration.

The original motion and reply documents shall be filed with the Superior Court Clerk’s Office, a copy served on the opposing party/ies and a bench copy delivered to Superior Court Administration.

At the same time proposed orders are provided, a hard copy marked “Original” must be given to the Clerk’s office for the judicial officer and must not be filed.

A hard copy of orders that are proposed, shall also be provided to the Clerk’s office at the same time as the “proposed orders”, but marked “Original” so they are not filed, but given to the judicial officer to use as the set of documents to be considered for signing by such judicial officer.