Form of papers presented for filing; exhibits; documents; legal citations

1. All pleadings and papers presented for filing shall be flat, unfolded, firmly bound together at the top, on white paper of standard quality, not less than 16-lb. weight and 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size. All papers shall be typewritten or prepared by some other duplication process that will produce clear and permanent copies equally legible to printing. Type may not be smaller than pica size, and may be either 10-or 12-point type. Carbon or photocopies may not be filed, except as provided in subsection 6 of this rule. Only one side of the paper may be used. The lines on each page shall be double-spaced, except that descriptions of real property may be single-spaced. All quotations of more than 50 words shall be indented. Pages shall be numbered consecutively at the bottom. 2. No original pleading or paper shall be amended by making erasures or interlineations thereon, or by attaching slips thereto, except by leave of court. 3. The first page of every pleading or paper presented for filing shall contain: (a) The case number on line 1 at the left side of the page, (b) The number of the department if any, to which the case is assigned on line 2, immediately under the case number, (c) The space to the right of lines 1 through 5 shall be reserved for the clerk’s file stamp, (d) The title of the court in the center of the page on lines 6 and 7, (e) The name of the action or proceeding, single-spaced, below the title of the court and to the left of center of the page, e.g.: JOHN DOE, Plaintiff, vs. RICHARD ROE, Defendant. } (f) To the right of center, directly opposite the name of the action or proceeding, the name of the pleading, motion, or other document, sufficient in description to apprise the respondent and clerk of the nature of the document filed or the relief sought, e.g.: Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Answers to Interrogatories; Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment Against Plaintiff John Doe; Plaintiff Doe’s Interrogatories to Defendant Roe; Order Granting Plaintiff Doe’s Motion for Summary Judgment Against Defendant Roe. For the convenience of the court and the parties, the same description on the motion papers shall appear on all posted calendars at the time of the hearing. 4. All exhibits attached to pleadings or papers shall clearly show the exhibit number at the bottom or on the right side thereof. Copies of exhibits must be clearly legible and not unnecessarily voluminous, and must be reduced to 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches, or conveniently folded to that size. Original documents shall be retained by counsel for introduction as exhibits at the time of a hearing or at the time of trial rather than attached to pleadings. 5. When a decision of the supreme court of the State of Nevada is cited, the citation to Nevada Reports shall be given with the year of the decision. Whenever a decision of an appellate court of any other state is cited, the citation to West’s National Reporter System shall be given together with the state and year of decision. When a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States is cited, at least one parallel citation and the year of decision shall be given. When a decision of the court of appeals or of a district court or other court of the United States has been reported in the Federal Reporter System, that citation, court and year of decision shall be given. 6. The clerk shall not accept for filing any pleadings or documents which are not properly signed or do not comply with this rule, but for good cause shown, the court may permit the filing of noncomplying pleadings and documents. Paragraph 1, except as to the size of paper, and Paragraph 3 of this rule do not apply to printed forms furnished by the clerk, the district attorney, the public defender, or the court. 7. All transcripts of evidence and proceedings prepared and filed by official court reporters shall be prepared on pages which shall be 8 1/2 inches x 11 inches in size. The left margin shall not be more than 1 1/2 inches from the left edge of the paper and the right margin shall not be more then 3/4 inch from the right edge of the paper. Each page shall be pre-numbered on the left margin and shall contain a minimum of 24 lines of type. The first line of any question or of any answer may be indented not more than 5 spaces from the left margin; the first line of any paragraph or other material may be indented not more than 10 spaces from the left margin. There shall not be more than one space between each word, nor more than 2 spaces between each sentence. Type pitch shall be not less than 10 characters per inch, and may be double spaced or 1 1/2 spaced. [Added; effective January 1, 1980; amended; effective December 3, 1985.]