Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District
Local Rules
Rule 2. Form and Number of Copies to Be Filed
The provisions of this rule are subject to Rule 103, Court Operating Rule 27 and Rule 18.
(a) Number of paper filings required by those ineligible to use the electronic filing system or not filing pursuant to Special Rule 21(a)(1)(ii). The following number of filings are required:(1) Petitions, suggestions, responses and
answers in Writ proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . original
(2) Briefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . original
(3) Post-disposition motions and applications,
suggestions, and replies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . original
(4) Motions of more than 5 pages . . . . . . . . . original
(5) All other motions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . original or telefacsimile
(6) Stipulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . original or telefacsimile
(b) Number of paper filings required for the record on appeal by those ineligible to use the electronic filing system or not filing pursuant to Special Rule 21(a)(1)(ii).
(1)
Only one copy of the legal file or supplemental legal
file(s) shall be filed. The trial court
docket sheets shall be included in the legal file. The documents in the legal file shall be
arranged with the docket sheets on top with the first page of the docket sheets
numbered as page one. The oldest
document shall follow the docket sheets with the remaining documents arranged
in chronological order ending with the Notice of Appeal at the bottom.
(2) Only one copy of the transcript or supplemental transcript(s)
shall be filed. The transcript, either
in page reduction format or in full page format, when filed shall be
accompanied by a CD(s) containing the transcript, all in conformance with
Supreme Court Rules 81.12(c) and 81.18. The
electronic version of the transcript shall be prepared one page per “sheet” in
a searchable Adobe PDF. This provision
shall also apply to any supplemental transcript(s).
(c) The name, address, telephone number, facsimile number and e-mail address, if available, of counsel or the party to whom notices may be directed shall be shown on all filings.
(d) Papers and documents which are not presented in the form and content required by these rules, cannot be accepted for filing and will be returned.
(Adopted Aug. 1, 1979, eff. Jan 1, 1980. Amended Jan. 18, 1982, eff. April 1, 1982; amended eff. March 21, 1995. Amended January 12, 2005, eff. April 1, 2005. Amended December 13, 2007, eff. January 1, 2008. Amended April 21, 2010, eff. July 1, 2010. Amended April 10, 2012, eff. May 1, 2012. Amended, eff. June 14, 2017.)