(A) Requirements for copies
(1) If the Clerk deems it necessary, the Clerk may request that the filing party provide copies of documents. The copies shall be identical to the filed version and shall comply with the provisions of this rule.
(2) Copies of documents shall be on opaque, unglazed, 20 to 22-pound weight white paper, 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size.
(3) Copies shall be secured firmly by a single staple in the upper-left-hand corner of the document or shall be spiral bound.
(4) With the exception of jurisdictional memoranda and merit briefs, which shall be single-sided, both sides of the paper may be used as long as the document is clearly legible.
(5) Copies shall not be enclosed in notebooks or binders and shall not have plastic cover pages.
(B) Date-stamped copy
Any party wishing to receive a date-stamped copy of a document submitted for filing with the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall provide the Clerk with a copy of the document and an appropriately sized, self-addressed, postage-paid envelope.
Effective Date: April 1, 1994
Amended: April 1, 1996; June 1, 2000; February 1, 2001; July 1, 2004; February 1, 2007; January 1, 2008; January 1, 2010; October 1, 2011; January 1, 2013; January 1, 2015; September 29, 2017; September 18, 2018; March 1, 2019; January 1, 2023; April 1, 2025
