WSR 13-09-019

RULES OF COURT

STATE SUPREME COURT


[ April 5, 2013 ]

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT TO APR 13(a) - SIGNING OF PLEADINGS AND OTHER PAPERS; ADDRESS OF RECORD; ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS; NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER, OR NAME - SIGNING OF PLEADINGS AND OTHER PAPERS; IRLJ 2.6(c) - SCHEDULING OF HEARINGS - DECISIONS ON WRITTEN STATEMENTS )

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 ORDER

NO. 25700-A-1017

     The Supreme Court Rules Committee having recommended the adoption of the proposed amendment to APR 13(a) - Signing of Pleadings and Other Papers; Address of Record; Electronic Mail Address; Notice of Change of Address, Telephone Number, or Name - Signing of Pleadings and Other Papers IRLJ 2.6(c) - Scheduling of Hearings - Decisions on Written Statements, and the Court having determined that the proposed amendments will aid in the prompt and orderly administration of justice and further determined the need to adopt them expeditiously;

     Now, therefore, it is hereby

     ORDERED:

     That these amendments will be adopted expeditiously and become effective upon their publication.

     DATED at Olympia, Washington this 5th day of April, 2013.
     Madsen, C.J.
     C. Johnson, J.

      Stephens, J.
     Owens, J.

      Wiggens, J.
     Fairhurst, J.

      Gonzalez, J.
     J. M. Johnson, J.

      Gordon McCloud, J.


APR 13

SIGNING OF PLEADINGS AND OTHER PAPERS; ADDRESS OF

RECORD; ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS; NOTICE OF CHANGE OF

ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER, OR NAME



     (a) Signing of Pleadings and Other Papers. All pleadings and other papers signed by an attorney and filed with a court shall include the attorney's Washington State Bar Association membership number in the signature block. The law department of a municipality, county, or state, public defender organization or law firm is authorized to make an application to the Administrative Office of the Courts Supreme Court Clerk for an office identification number. An office identification number may be assigned by the Administrative Office of the Courts Supreme Court Clerk upon a showing that it will facilitate the process of electronic notification. If an office identification number is granted, it shall appear with the attorney's Washington State Bar Association membership number in the signature block.


IRLJ 2.6

SCHEDULING OF HEARINGS



     (a) Unchanged.

     (b) Unchanged.

     (c) Decisions on Written Statements. If the court has adopted a local rule authorizing decisions on written statements submitted by mail, or e-mail, it shall, upon receipt of a statement pursuant to rule 2.4 (b)(4), consider the case in accordance with rule 3.5. The requirements of GR 30.5(d) are not applicable to e-mail statements submitted pursuant to rule 2.4 (b)(4). The court is not required to notify the parties of a date for the examination of the statements.

     (d) Unchanged.

     (e) Unchanged.

     (f) Unchanged.

     (g) Unchanged.

     Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above material occurred in the copy filed by the State Supreme Court and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.