Grays Harbor County Superior Court Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Applies to

Request for trial setting

Parties must use the request-for-trial-setting form available on the Court’s website.

All parties shall file a request for trial setting utilizing the form which can be found on the Court’s website

CRITICAL

Electronic bench copies must be under 10 MB and comply with applicable time and format rules.

Bench copies provided electronically must be less than 25 pages total, including attachments, less than 10MB in size, and comply with the rules regarding time and format.

CRITICAL

Plaintiff or petitioner exhibits must be numbered 1–200 and defendant or respondent exhibits 201–400; in cases with more parties or voluminous exhibits, the parties must verify numbering with the Clerk before submission.

Plaintiff or Petitioner exhibits shall be numbered 1 – 200. Defendant or Respondent exhibits shall be numbered 201-400. In cases with more than two parties or with more voluminous exhibits, the parties shall work with the Clerk prior to submitting exhibits to verify numbering of their proposed exhibits.

CRITICAL

Only English-language documents may be filed, except that a foreign-language translation may be attached to the original English document as an exhibit.

Only documents prepared in the English language may be submitted to the Clerk for filing in the court file except that any document that has been translated into a foreign language may be attached to the original English document as an exhibit.

CRITICAL

The proposed asset-and-liability allocation document must use a format consistent with the form available on the Court’s website.

Prior to the pretrial conference, if the parties have not agreed on the division of the parties’ assets and liabilities, each party shall, utilizing a format consistent with that set forth in the form available on the Court’s website, file and exchange a document setting forth that party’s proposed allocation and the estimated values of the items before the Court for division.

CRITICAL

Each party must submit proposed Washington Pattern Jury Instructions by the day before trial, formatted consecutively and contiguously, with the required printed and digital copies and clearly noted modifications.

(b) Submission. Proposed instructions utilizing Washington Pattern Jury Instructions shall be submitted by each party no later than the day before trial. The proposed instructions shall be formatted to be consecutive and contiguous rather than one per page. One printed copy each of annotated proposed instructions shall be provided to the clerk, the trial Judge, and each opposing party. Any modification to the Washington Pattern Jury Instructions shall be clearly noted on the annotated copies. A digital copy of the proposed instructions without citation shall also be provided to the trial Judge. The digital copy may be emailed to Court administration or delivered on electronic writable media storage.

WARNING

All documents must comply with GR 14 and any additional Clerk-published formatting requirements consistent with statewide rules.

All documents must comply with GR 14 and any additional formatting requirements published by the Clerk that are consistent with statewide rules.

WARNING

The original exhibit set and bench copy must be submitted in two separate notebooks, packets, or binders.

The original set shall go to the Clerk and a bench copy to Court Administration, in two separate notebooks, packets, or binders.

WARNING

Format

PDF

Documents must be searchable PDFs where practicable, legible, properly oriented, and free of password protection or encryption that prevents Clerk processing.

Documents must be submitted in searchable PDF format where practicable, be legible, properly oriented, and free of password protection or encryption that prevents clerk processing.

WARNING

Proposed jury instructions must be consecutive and contiguous, not formatted one per page.

The proposed instructions shall be formatted to be consecutive and contiguous, rather than one per page.

INFO

Digital or electronic signatures are authorized consistent with GR 30, and a compliant filed electronic document functions as the signer’s signature, including for CR 11.

Digital/electronic signatures are authorized consistent with GR 30. An electronic document filed in accordance with GR 30 binds the signer and functions as the signer’s signature for any purpose, including CR 11.