CONDUCTING BUSINESS; CLERK’S AUTHORITY

CONDUCTING BUSINESS; CLERK’S AUTHORITY (a) Regular Sessions of Court The court shall be in continuous session throughout the year in Seattle and in Tacoma. The court may establish other locations in this district for holding court pursuant to General Order. Nothing in this rule shall prohibit the court from conducting proceedings via electronic transmission in lieu of live court proceedings. (b) Reserved (c) Text Only Docket Orders The clerk of court may issue text only docket orders for any act within the clerk’s authority.

A text only docket order is an order electronically entered on the case docket without an attached document and is as official and binding as if the clerk of court had signed a document containing the text. If the one or more of the parties are unrepresented and do not file electronically, the clerk of court will mail to those recipients a copy of the Notice of Electronic Filing of the text only docket order. 107 Civil Rules