(A) The following page limitations shall apply to briefs prepared pursuant to Rule 84.06:

1. (1) Appellant's initial brief and all briefs in a cross appeal except the reply brief shall not exceed 15,500 words.
2. (2) Respondent's brief shall not exceed 13,950 words.
3. (3) Any reply brief shall not exceed 5115 words.

(B) The following page limitations shall apply to typewritten briefs prepared pursuant to Rule 81.21(e):

1. (1) Appellant's brief and all briefs in a cross appeal except the reply brief shall not exceed 50 pages.
2. (2) Respondent's brief shall not exceed 45 pages.
3. (3) Any reply brief shall not exceed 15 pages.

(C) A party may file a motion requesting this court permit the party's brief to exceed the limits set forth in this rule. Such motion shall be filed at least ten days before the due date on which the brief is due. The court may grant such request only on a showing of good cause.

(D) In calculating the limits set forth in this rule, this court shall not count the words or lines of text of a brief's table of contents, table of authorities or appendix.

(E) A party may file only a single respondent's or reply brief, no matter how many opposing briefs the party is responding to. The times for filing of the party's respondent's or reply brief will be calculated based on the filing date of the last-filed brief to which the party is responding.

(Adopted June 26, 2008, effective January 1, 2009; amended effective May 26, 2011; February 23, 2017. Rule number converted from Roman numerals; eff. Feb. 22, 2018. Amended Feb. 22, 2018, effective June 29, 2018.)