Skagit County Superior Court Document Format Requirements

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Proposed jury instructions must use 12-point Arial, 1.5 line spacing, and one-inch margins.

Proposed instructions shall be in 12-point Arial, with one-and-a-half (1.5) line spacing and one-inch margins.

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Reconsideration and revision motions must be submitted by brief and may not be noted on a motion calendar unless the judge requests oral argument.

Motions for reconsideration and revision shall be by brief only and shall not be noted for hearing on any motion calendar, unless oral argument has been requested by the judge.

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Declarations and affidavits must be legibly hand printed or typed in at least 12-point type, use 1.5 spacing, and have sequentially numbered pages.

All declarations and affidavits must be legibly hand printed or typed in at least twelve (12) point type, and 1½ space format. All pages, including declarations and affidavits shall be sequentially numbered.

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For judge-copy filings other than proposed orders, the scheduled hearing date and time must appear in the upper right corner of the first page.

The date and time of the scheduled hearing shall be listed on the upper right corner of the first page other than for proposed orders.

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Proposed jury instructions must include one cited and one uncited copy, specified pencil numbering for each side, 12-point Arial, 1.5 spacing, and one-inch margins.

One copy shall be cited and the other uncited with plaintiff’s proposed instructions numbered in pencil on the lower left corner and the defendant’s proposed instructions numbered in pencil on the lower right corner to correlate with jury instructions. Proposed instructions shall be in 12-point Arial, with one-and-a-half (1.5) line spacing and one-inch margins.

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A party wishing to appear only by audio, online or by telephone, must request the court’s permission.

If a party wishes to appear only by audio (either online or telephonically), they must request permission of the court at

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All declarations and affidavits must be legibly hand printed or typed in at least twelve (12)-point type, 1½ space format with 1-inch margins on all sides.

All declarations and affidavits must be legibly hand printed or typed in at least twelve (12)-point type, 1½ space format with 1-inch margins on all sides.

CRITICAL

Proposed orders must leave the upper right-hand corner clear of notations, stamps, and other markings.

Proposed orders shall contain no notations, stamps, or other markings in the upper right-hand corner of the document where the Clerk’s stamp will be placed.

WARNING

Separate documents must not be stapled together, including a calendar note and motion.

Multiple documents shall not be stapled together, e.g., do not staple your calendar note to the motion.

WARNING

Multiple case numbers may be used only for adult felony pleadings as provided in CrR 4.3(b).

Documents may be filed with more than one case number for adult felony pleadings as provided in CrR 4.3(b) only.

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All pages, including declarations and affidavits, must be sequentially numbered.

All pages, including declarations and affidavits shall be sequentially numbered.

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In cases with more than two parties or more voluminous exhibits, the parties must work together on exhibit numbering or receive the court’s direction at the pre-trial conference.

In cases with more than two parties or with more voluminous exhibits, the parties shall either work together on numbering of their proposed exhibits or receive such direction from the court at the Pre-Trial Conference.

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Email submissions of proposed orders must use the specified subject-line and attachment names, and a noncompliant order may be rejected.

The subject line of the email shall include the case name, cause number, and date and time of the hearing. Each attached document must be named with the name of the case and the cause number, the party submitting the order, and the title of the order per the examples shown below. If this rule is not followed, the order may be rejected.

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Conflict dates are limited to previously scheduled vacations, trial dates, arbitrations, and mediations; noncompliant listed conflicts will be disregarded when setting a trial date.

Conflict dates shall be limited to previously scheduled vacations, trial dates, arbitrations, and mediations. The Notice of Conflict Dates form may be found on the Superior Court website. Listed conflicts that fail to comply with this rule will be disregarded when setting a trial date.

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The exhibits should be numbered by either tabs or in the upper right-hand corner and organized in numerical order. Plaintiff or petitioner’s exhibits shall be numbered 1-100. Defendant or respondent’s exhibits shall be numbered 101 - 199.

The exhibits should be numbered by either tabs or in the upper right-hand corner and organized in numerical order. Plaintiff or petitioner’s exhibits shall be numbered 1-100. Defendant or respondent’s exhibits shall be numbered 101 - 199.

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The guardian’s name on the acceptance of appointment must be typed or printed exactly as it appears in the order.

The name(s) of the guardian(s) must be typed or printed on the acceptance of appointment exactly as it appears in the order.

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Civil protection order parties may testify remotely without prior permission if they have clear audio and video; audio-only testimony requires a court-permission request at least three days before the hearing, and location-obscuring virtual backgrounds are permitted.

Parties to a civil protection order case may provide remote testimony without prior court permission as long as they have clear audio and video. If a party wishes to appear and provide testimony only by audio (either online or telephonically), they must request permission of the court at least three days before the hearing. Appropriate virtual backgrounds that obscure the location of a participant are permitted.

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Witnesses may only testify remotely with prior permission of the court and with clear audio and video connections. They must label themselves by their legal name when connecting remotely and remain in the virtual waiting room until it is their turn to provide testimony.

Witnesses may only testify remotely with prior permission of the court and with clear audio and video connections. They must label themselves by their legal name when connecting remotely and remain in the virtual waiting room until it is their turn to provide testimony.

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For each case file, the appropriate cause number must be highlighted by circling it.

Case numbers for each file shall be highlighted by circling the appropriate cause number.

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An objection to sealing by a nonparty must be in writing.

(g) If any person not a party to the case wishes to make an objection to sealing, that objection must be in writing and filed with the court 9 court days before the administrative review. If an objection is filed, the review shall be moved to a regularly scheduled Juvenile Offender Calendar.

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Pleadings and other papers presented to the clerk for filing must conform to GR 14.

All pleadings and other papers presented for filing with the clerk shall conform to GR 14.

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The exhibits should be numbered by either tabs or in the upper right-hand corner and organized in numerical order. Plaintiff or petitioner’s exhibits shall be numbered 1-100. Defendant or respondent’s exhibits shall be numbered 101 - 199. In cases with more than two parties or with more voluminous exhibits, the parties shall either work together on numbering of their proposed exhibits or receive such direction from the court at the Pre-Trial Conference.

The exhibits should be numbered by either tabs or in the upper right-hand corner and organized in numerical order. Plaintiff or petitioner’s exhibits shall be numbered 1-100. Defendant or respondent’s exhibits shall be numbered 101 - 199. In cases with more than two parties or with more voluminous exhibits, the parties shall either work together on numbering of their proposed exhibits or receive such direction from the court at the Pre-Trial Conference.

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Oral argument may be heard remotely provided that the attorney or unrepresented party has clear audio and video, is identified by their name on the login information, and as follows below.

Oral argument may be heard remotely provided that the attorney or unrepresented party has clear audio and video, is identified by their name on the login information, and as follows below.

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All pages of a single multi-page document must be stapled together.

Single documents with multiple pages shall be stapled together.

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Recorded-information media such as discs, tapes, and thumb drives must not be attached to documents filed with the clerk.

Compact discs, digital video discs, audio tapes, thumb drives, and similar devices containing recorded information shall not be attached to documents filed with the court clerk.

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The originals and bench-copy sets must be placed in two separate notebooks, packets, or binders.

The parties shall provide two sets of all exhibits (one set of originals and one set of bench copies) in two separate notebooks, packets, or binders.

INFO

With leave of court, rebuttal or impeachment exhibits may be shown to a remote witness through screen sharing or other arrangements instead of being provided by the usual deadline.

Exceptions may be made for exhibits used in rebuttal or for impeachment of that witness, in which case screen sharing or other arrangements may be used to display the exhibits in question to the witness with leave of the court.

INFO

Parties in civil protection order cases may appear remotely by video without prior court permission if they have clear audio and video.

Parties to a civil protection order case may appear remotely over video without prior court permission as long as they have clear audio and video.