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LCRLJ 10

FORM OF PLEADINGS - STYLE AND FORM - FACILITATING PROOF OF SERVICE AND FILING OF PAPERS

(a) Action Documents. Pleadings or other papers requiring action on the part of the Clerk/Court (other than file stamping, docketing and placing in the court file) shall be considered action documents. Action documents shall include a special caption directly below the case number on the first page, stating:

"Clerk's Action Required: (here state the action requested)".

The clerk will not search through letters, notices of appearance, requests for discovery, or other materials to locate possible requests for action items.

(b) Format. All pleadings and other papers shall include or provide for the following, unless otherwise authorized by the court:

    (1) Service and Filing. Space should be provided at the top of the first page of a document allowing on the right half for the clerk's filing stamp, and in the left half for proof of, or acknowledgment of, service.

    (2) Numbered Paper. All pleadings, motions, affidavits, briefs, and other supporting documents prepared by attorneys/parties should be on paper with line numbering in the left hand margin.

    (3) All pleadings and other paper filed with the Court shall be divided or subdivided with the following: blank page with the exhibit number or other designation on white paper. All pleadings and other documents filed with the Court must be bound only by a removable clasping device in the upper left-hand corner.
(c) Handling by Clerk. All pleadings or other papers with proper caption and cause number will be date receipted, docketed and placed in the court electronic file by the Clerk of the District Court in the order received.

(d) Form of Pleadings. Pleadings in compliance with this rule shall be in substantially the following form:

  
SPACE FOR SERVICE PROOF                                              SPACE FOR COURT FILING STAMP 




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          		IN THE KING COUNTY DISTRICT COURT 
        	         IN AND FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON 


        		________________ Division
			________________ Facility

________________________________  
 		Plaintiff		Cause No. XXXXXXXX
					
		vs.		Name of Pleading
                                  			 
                              		Clerk's Action Required: SET THIS MOTION FOR HEARING/MOTION	
   		                    	                 
_______________________________                 
              	Defendant
                                			 			
	                                                       	 
                                 	                                     

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(e) In no case shall the party filing the complaint attach to the complaint or file separately any original formal proof. Formal proof may only be filed as part of the documentation for LCRLJ 55 or at trial.

{HISTORY: Effective January 1, 1991; filed as emergency rule amendment effective July 1, 2000; amended July 1, 2006; amended 3/30/2007}




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