Klickitat and Skamania Counties Superior Court Page & Word Limits

CRITICAL

Limit

10 pages

Applies to

Electronic copy

Electronic copies are limited to ten pages.

Electronic Copies: Email transmission must get authorization from the court administrator. Electronic copies are limited to 10 pages.

CRITICAL

Limit

10 pages

Applies to

Email submission

Email submissions of bench or working copies may not exceed 10 pages.

E-mail submissions of bench or working copies are limited to 10 pages.

CRITICAL

Limit

10 pages

Applies to

Email submission

Proposed orders and bench copies may be submitted by email if approved by the Court Administrator, and are limited to 10 pages or less.

To submit proposed orders and/or bench copies (limited to 10 pages or less), if approved by Court Administrator;

CRITICAL

Limit

20 pages

Applies to

Declaration

Each party may submit up to five non-expert declarations, subject to a 20-page maximum.

Non-expert witnesses are not allowed. Instead, each party may submit up to 5 declarations from other people with a maximum page count of 20 pages.

CRITICAL

Limit

6 pages

Limit

2 pages

Applies to

Affidavit

Party affidavits are limited to six pages and supplemental affidavits to two pages, excluding attachments.

Affidavits from parties shall not exceed 6 pages, excluding attachments, and supplemental affidavits shall not exceed 2 pages, excluding attachments.

CRITICAL

Limit

20 pages

Limit

8 pages

Applies to

Brief

Absent prior court authorization, initial motion and memorandum papers and opposing memoranda are limited to 20 pages, and reply memoranda to eight pages.

Absent prior authorization from the court, the initial motion and memorandum and the opposing memorandum shall not exceed 20 pages; and reply memoranda shall not exceed 8 pages.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Brief

When multiple motions are heard simultaneously, the page limit applies to the hearing as a whole rather than separately to each motion.

If more than one motion is to be heard simultaneously, the page limit applies to the entire hearing, not each individual motion.

WARNING

The page limits exclude exhibits, guardian ad litem or expert declarations and reports, mandatory forms or legal memoranda/briefs without declarations, and deposition excerpts, which must be cited by page and line number.

The following documents are excluded from this section: a) Exhibits b) Guardian Ad Litem or expert witness declarations and reports c) Mandatory forms or legal memoranda/briefs (without declarations) d) Deposition excerpts (must be cited by page and line number)