October 2000 

Implementation of Changes to GR 14 Extended

By order dated June 12, 2000, the Supreme Court of Washington adopted changes to GR 14 which became effective September 1, 2000. The changes to GR 14 and the companion amendments to RAP 10.4, CR 10, CrR 1.5, CRLJ 10 and CrRLJ 1.5 require the top margin of the first page of a pleading to be a minimum of three inches, and the bottom and side margins to be a minimum of one inch. All subsequent pages must have a minimum of one-inch margins all around. Since the changes to GR 14 were adopted, the Court Management Council has received many questions from the bench and bar regarding the implementation of the new margin requirements. Therefore, implementation of the margin requirements is delayed until April 1, 2001 to ensure uniform application throughout the state.

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