Jackson County Circuit Court Document Format Requirements

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Civil cases

Format

DOCX

All proposed jury instructions must be submitted to the Division 11 law clerk on disk or electronically in Microsoft Word format.

All proposed jury instructions must be submitted on disk or sent electronically to the Division 11 law clerk in Microsoft Word format.

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Criminal cases

The State must provide the Court with printed clean and annotated proposed jury instructions on the morning of trial and send electronic Word or Word-compatible copies to the Division Law Clerk.

2. The State shall provide the Court with printed sets of both clean AND annotated copies of proposed jury instructions on the morning of trial. Copies of these instructions shall also be sent electronically, in Word or Word Compatible format to the Division Law Clerk.

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Civil cases

A proposed order must use Word or a Word-compatible format.

Pursuant to Local Rule 33.5.5, all motions MUST be accompanied by a proposed order in Word or Word compatible format and should be e-mailed to div8chambers@courts.mo.gov.

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Civil cases

The parties must number all exhibits consecutively in accordance with Local Rule 24.1.

The parties shall number all exhibits consecutively pursuant to Local Rule 24.1

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Civil cases

All trial exhibits must be numbered consecutively pursuant to Local Rule 24.1.

The parties shall number all exhibits consecutively pursuant to Local Rule 24.1.

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Criminal cases

The State must provide marked jury instructions in hard-copy and emailed Word form; the instructions must be double-spaced and use 11-point font.

On the morning of trial, the State shall provide the Court with hard copies of marked jury instructions; said instructions shall be double-spaced and in 11 point font and also emailed to the Division Law Clerk in a Word document.

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Before trial or hearing, each party must mark exhibits with a sticker identifying Petitioner or Respondent and the exhibit number; only the Court uses letters.

Each party shall mark exhibits prior to trial or hearing with an exhibit sticker indicating whether the exhibit is being offered by Petitioner or Respondent, along with the exhibit number. Only the Court uses letters for exhibits.

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Civil cases

Format

DOCX

Every dispositive motion must be emailed to the Division Law Clerk in Word format.

Electronic versions of all dispositive motions are to be emailed to the Division Law Clerk in Word format.

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Civil cases

Format

DOCX

The electronic proposed judgment must be submitted in Word format on a disk.

Each party shall submit a proposed judgment to the Court the day of trial in both hard copy and electronically in Word format on a disk.

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An exhibit offered without prior pre-marking must be given to the court reporter for marking and numbering before tender to the Court or witness.

Offered exhibits which have not been pre-marked shall be provided to the court reporter to be marked and numbered before they are tendered to the Court or to the witness for examination.

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Party exhibits must be numbered rather than lettered, and the parties must not use the same exhibit numbers.

Exhibits shall be numbered, not lettered, and the parties shall not use the same numbers.

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Before trial or a hearing, each party must mark its exhibits with a sticker identifying the offering party and exhibit number.

Each party shall mark exhibits prior to trial or hearing with an exhibit sticker indicating whether the exhibit is being offered by plaintiff or defendant, along with the exhibit number.

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Letter designations for exhibits are reserved for the Court.

Only the Court uses letters for exhibits.

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Criminal cases

Format

DOCX

The Division 9 plea form must be submitted as a Word document and must not be scanned or converted to PDF.

DO NOT SCAN OR CONVERT TO PDF. Send as a Word document only.

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Criminal cases

Format

PDF

The motion for leave to file amended information or information in lieu of indictment, proposed order, and amended information must be provided as PDFs.

Provide any motion for leave to file amended information or information in lieu of indictment, proposed order and amended information as PDFs with this Plea form.

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Civil cases

Format

PDF

Counsel with civil or domestic cases pending in Division 9 must email PDF copies of all motions.

counsel with civil or domestic cases pending in Division 9 shall email PDF copies of all motions

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Civil cases

Format

DOCX

Proposed orders must be emailed to Division 9 in Word format.

shall email proposed orders in Word format to the Division via div9.cir16@courts.mo.gov

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Criminal cases

Format

DOCX

The Division 9 plea agreement form must be submitted only as a Word document and may not be scanned or converted to PDF.

DO NOT SCAN OR CONVERT TO PDF. Send as a Word document only.

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Criminal cases

Format

DOCX

The form must remain a Word document and must not be scanned or converted to PDF.

DO NOT SCAN OR CONVERT TO PDF. Send as a Word document only.

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Civil cases

Exhibits must be consecutively numbered, and counsel must reserve adequate pre-trial number ranges for their exhibits and possible unanticipated exhibits.

All exhibits are to be consecutively numbered, regardless of which party tenders the exhibit. Prior to trial, counsel shall reserve adequate numbers to accommodate their exhibits, allowing for unanticipated exhibits. (i.e., Petitioner reserves Nos. 1 through 50; Respondent reserves Nos. 51 through 100, Guardian ad Litem reserves Nos. 101 through 150, etc.)

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Criminal cases

The motion must be legibly handwritten or typewritten, signed by the movant, and concisely answer every applicable question.

In order for this motion to receive consideration by the Circuit Court, it shall be in writing (legibly handwritten or typewritten), signed by the movant, and it shall set forth in concise form the answers to each applicable question.

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The parties’ trial exhibit lists must use the exhibit-list form available on the Court’s website.

The format for the parties’ exhibit lists shall be in the form available on the Court’s website.

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Criminal cases

Format

DOCX

Jury instructions submitted by the State must be in Word format, double-spaced, and set in a 14-point font.

On the morning of trial, the State shall email the division law clerk with copies of marked and unmarked jury instructions; said instructions shall be in Word format, double-spaced with a 14 point font.

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Criminal cases

Format

DOCX

The defense's converse and lesser-included instructions must be in Word format, double-spaced, and set in a 14-point font.

On or before the second business day of trial, the defense shall provide the Court with copies of marked and unmarked converse and lesser included instructions; said instructions shall be emailed to the division law clerk in Word format, double-spaced and with a 14 point font.

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Civil cases

Deposition excerpts intended for use at trial must be provided as highlighted hard copies with marked objections and stated objections by the Thursday before trial.

Hard copies of depositions to be read or viewed in trial shall be provided to the Court, no later than the Thursday before trial and shall be highlighted showing what portions will be read or viewed, along with marked designations of any objections to those portions and the stated objection.

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Civil cases

Format

DOCX

On the morning of trial, plaintiffs must provide the Court with marked and unmarked hard copies of jury instructions, double-spaced in 14-point font, and email a Word document to the law clerk.

On the morning of trial, plaintiff(s) shall provide the Court with hard copies of the marked and unmarked jury instructions; said instructions shall be doubled- spaced and in 14 point font and also emailed to the law clerk in a Word document.

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Civil cases

The parties must provide hard copies of witness and exhibit lists to the Court, court reporter, and law clerk using the format on the Division 4 web page.

The parties shall provide the Court, court reporter, and law clerk with hard copies of witness and exhibit lists in the format listed on the Division 4 web page for the 16th Judicial Circuit (See, “Forms” section).

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Civil cases

Format

DOCX

The proposed order accompanying a qualifying motion must be in Word or a Word-compatible format.

Pursuant to Local Rule 33.5.6, all motions (except those in which a hearing is being requested) must be accompanied by a proposed order in Word or Word compatible format and should be e-mailed to the Division 8 Law Clerk at Div8.cir16@courts.mo.gov.

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Civil cases

The copy of the Proposed Judgment sent to the Division 8 Law Clerk must be in Word format.

provide a copy to the Division 8 Law Clerk via e-mail (Word Format)

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Each party must mark exhibits before trial or hearing with an exhibit sticker identifying the offering party and exhibit number; only the Court uses letters for exhibits.

Each party shall mark exhibits prior to trial or hearing with an exhibit sticker indicating whether the exhibit is being offered by Plaintiff or Defendant, along with the exhibit number. Only the Court uses letters for exhibits.

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Criminal cases

The parties must provide the Judge and Court Reporter with Witness and Exhibit Lists using the format specified on the Division 13 web page.

The parties shall provide the Judge and Court Reporter with Witness and Exhibit Lists in the format listed on the Division 13 web page for the 16th Judicial Circuit.

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Proposed orders and judgments must use Word format.

All proposed orders or judgments shall be delivered electronically, using Word format, via email to the Judicial Administrative Assistant of Division 5.

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Each party must number exhibits consecutively, with plaintiff exhibits starting at 1, defendant exhibits starting at 101, and additional parties using corresponding successive number blocks.

Exhibits shall be numbered consecutively with each party starting their respective numbering at 1, 101, 201, 301, etc. Plaintiff’s exhibits shall start at 1 and continue through 100 (higher if necessary). Defendant’s exhibits shall start at 101 and continue through 200 (higher if necessary). Any additional parties shall likewise number their exhibits.

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Proposed orders should be emailed to Division 9 in Word format.

These orders should be sent in Word format via e-mail to Division 9 at Div9.cir16@courts.mo.gov.

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All answers in the statement must be typed.

All answers must be typed.

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Civil cases

If applicable, the parties must provide the Court and opposing counsel with an original and one copy of proposed jury instructions, plus an electronic copy to the Court in Word format.

If applicable, proposed jury instructions. The parties will provide the Court and opposing counsel with an original and one copy of the proposed jury instructions – i.e. one “clean” copy and one “dirty” copy (prepared in accordance with Missouri Rule of Civil Procedure 70). An electronic copy of same shall be provided to the Court in Word format;

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Civil cases

Trial briefs, exhibit lists, and witness lists must be provided or filed with the Court as an original plus one copy, with copies also provided to opposing counsel.

Provide and/or file with the Court, an original and one copy of any trial briefs, exhibit lists, and witness lists, and provide copies of same to opposing counsel.

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Criminal cases

The parties must mark exhibits in numerical order.

The parties shall mark exhibits in numerical order (e.g. Plaintiff’s 1-50; Defendant’s 51-100).

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Parties may offer during trial additional exhibits that were neither previously listed nor pre-marked.

The Court recognizes there may be additional exhibits offered during trial which have not been previously included in the exhibit list and pre-marked. The requirement to pre-mark exhibits does not prevent offering additional exhibits at trial.

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Format

DOCX

Proposed orders should be emailed in Microsoft Word format.

Proposed orders should be sent in Microsoft Word format via e-mail.

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Civil cases

Attorneys should pre-mark all exhibits to the extent possible.

To the extent possible, all exhibits shall be pre-marked by the attorneys.

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Civil cases

Format

DOCX ?

All proposed orders and judgments shall be delivered electronically, using Word format, via email to the Division Law Clerk.

Summary: All proposed orders and judgments must be emailed to the Division Law Clerk in Word format.

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Criminal cases

Format

PDF

Provide any motion for leave to file amended information or information in lieu of indictment, proposed order and amended information as PDFs with this Plea form.

Summary: When applicable, the motion for leave, proposed order, and amended information must be provided as PDFs with the plea agreement form.

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In order for this motion to receive consideration by the Circuit Court, it shall be in writing (legibly handwritten or typewritten), signed by the movant, and it shall set forth in concise form the answers to each applicable question.

Summary: For the Circuit Court to consider the motion, it must be written, signed by the movant, and concisely answer each applicable question.

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Civil cases

The case number and style of the case should be included in the subject line with the case number first.

Summary: The email subject line should include the case number and case style, with the case number first.

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Proposed scheduling orders should be submitted in Word format to the law clerk.

Summary: Civil and domestic proposed scheduling orders should be submitted to the law clerk in Word format.

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Civil cases

All answers must be typed.

Summary: All answers in the pre-trial statement must be typed.