Printed or typed on pleading paper in local courts; plain paper in appellate courts.

Pleading paper can be 28-line or 36-line (double-spaced or 1 1/2 spaced)

Two-hole punched at top

Twenty pound or heavier recycled paper (25%) - 8.5 x 11 inches

One inch margins all around for appellate courts, lower courts allow narrower right margin

Body is double-spaced, quotes, property descriptions, can be single-spaced

12 point typeface

One side of paper only

Page numbers at bottom of page with horizontal line beneath

Title of pleading below horizontal line at bottom of page - 10 point typeface or greater

Stapled (or bound) at top; appellate court, bound along left side (or stapled and taped)

Name, address, phone number, bar number for attorneys - in upper left corner

Who you represent or "In Pro Per" if you represent yourself - under address

Name of court three inches from top - centered

Name of case on left under name of court with party status indicated, ie., John Doe, Plaintiff vs. etc.

Case number on right under name of court (Name of referee under case number if assigned)

Title of pleading on right under case number