Circuit Court for Davidson County, Tennessee Document Format Requirements
5 rules from official source documents
Font, margin, spacing, and file format requirements for court filings.
CRITICALCivil cases
Electronic signatures on pleadings, orders, and other court documents filed in Circuit Court must take the format of the original signature.
Electronic signatures for filing in Circuit Court must be applied to the document in the format of the original signature.
WARNINGCivil cases
The original faxed document must be on letter-sized paper; larger originals may be reduced if the resulting copy is legible and complete.
The original document sent by facsimile transmission shall be on letter-sized paper (8 ½ by 11 inches). Originals on larger-sized paper may be reduced prior to facsimile transmission if the reduction to 8½ by 11 inch paper renders a legible and complete copy of the original.
WARNING
Exhibits should be printed before trial with an additional copy for the Court; unprinted exhibits may be admitted in original form, but the Court may require a late-filed hard copy within five days of the hearing.
When possible, all exhibits, such as text message threads, photographs, emails, and other written communications, shall be printed prior to trial with an additional copy for the Court. The Court will allow text messages, emails, audio-visual videos, voicemails, etc., to be admitted in their original forms if they have not been printed prior to the hearing; however, the Court may either incorporate the exhibit by reference or require the submitting party to provide a hard copy to be marked as a late-filed exhibit within five (5) days of the hearing.
WARNINGCivil cases
- Format
- DOCX
Proposed jury instructions must include the full text of each requested instruction in a Word document.
When submitting proposed jury instructions, attorneys must provide the full text of each proposed instruction that they are requesting in a Word document.
WARNING
Every page of a pleading, brief, or memoranda filed with the Circuit Court Clerk and/or submitted directly to the Court must be numbered.
Every page of a pleading, brief, or memoranda filed with the Circuit Court Clerk and/or submitted directly to the Court must be numbered.
What formatting rules apply to filings in Circuit Court for Davidson County, Tennessee?
Circuit Court for Davidson County, Tennessee's formatting rule includes electronic signatures must be applied to the document in the format of the original signature. Electronic signatures on pleadings, orders, and other court documents filed in Circuit Court must take the format of the original signature.
Judge Lynne Ingram's formatting rule includes file format docx and full text of each proposed instruction must be provided in a word document.. Proposed jury instructions must include the full text of each requested instruction in a Word document.
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