Rule 5.504 - Motion, opposition, countermotion, and reply formatFilings submitted in hard copy shall comply with these specifics. Filings submitted electronically shall comply with these specifics to the degree relevant to electronic documents. Filings furnished by the clerk, the district attorney, the public defender, or a self-help center established by the court must only comply with these specifics as directed by the presiding judge.
(a) Paper size, line spacing, margins, and page numbers.(1) Paper filings should be on 8.5 x 11-inch white paper. All filings should be prepared by a process sufficient to be printed, copied, or scanned. Only one side of the paper may be used.(2) All or part of a filing may be legibly handwritten at the discretion of the court. No original filing may be amended by making erasures or interlineations on a document, or by attaching slips to it, except by leave of court.(3) Pages should be numbered consecutively at the bottom. Lines of pages should be numbered in the left margin, which shall measure one inch in width.(4) The lines on each page should be double spaced, except that descriptions of real property or other reference and citation material may be single spaced. All quotations of more than 50 words should be indented and single spaced.(b) Identification of filer, court, parties, and filing. (1) At the upper left corner of the first page of every filing, single spaced, starting on line one, the filer shall list the document code (available from the clerk's office); the name (and if applicable, Nevada State Bar identification number) and address of the filer; the telephone number and email address of the filer and of any associated attorney appearing for the filer, or that there are no such numbers for the filer; and whether the filer is or represents the plaintiff, defendant, or other party.(2) Centered, below the identifying information specified above, the filing shall recite: DISTRICT COURT FAMILY DIVISION CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA
(3) Below the title of the court, to the left of center, the filing shall recite the name of the action or proceeding, e.g., JOHN DOE, Plaintiff, vs. RICHARD ROE, Defendant.(4) Below the title of the court, to the right of center, the filing shall recite the case number, the department number or letter, and if known the date and time of the proceeding to which the filing relates.(5) Centered, below the other information detailed above, the filing shall recite the title of the filing, sufficient in description to apprise the court and opposing party 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; Order Granting Plaintiff Doe's Motion for Summary Judgment against Defendant Roe.(c) Typeface. Either a proportionally spaced or a monospaced typeface may be used.(1) A proportionally spaced typeface (e.g., Century Schoolbook, CG Times, Times New Roman, and New Century) should be 14 points or larger. Footnotes should be 12 points or larger.(2) A monospaced typeface (e.g., Courier and Pica) may not contain more than 10.5 characters per inch (e.g., 12 point Courier). Footnotes should be 12 points or larger.(3) Unrepresented litigants may use elite type, 12 characters per inch, if they lack access to a device producing larger characters. Footnotes should be 12 points or larger.(d) Type styles. A brief should be set in a plain, roman style, although underlining, italics, or boldface may be used for emphasis. Case names should be italicized or underlined.(e) Length. (1) Page limitation. Unless permission of the court is obtained, a motion, opposition, or reply shall not exceed 30 pages.(2) Type volume limitation. A motion, opposition, or reply is acceptable if it contains no more than 14,000 words, or if it uses a monospaced typeface and contains no more than 1,300 lines of text.(3) Computing page and type volume limitation. Any table of contents, table of authorities, notice of motion, certificate of service, affidavit, and any exhibits do not count toward a filing's page or type volume limitation. The page or type volume limitation applies to all other portions of a filing beginning with the statement of facts, including headings, footnotes, and quotations. Pages in a filing preceding the statement of facts should be numbered in lowercase Roman numerals, and pages in the brief beginning with the statement of facts should be numbered in Arabic numerals.(4) A request to exceed page limit or type volume limitation is disfavored but may be requested within a filing or in a separate filing for that purpose on or before the filing's due date and shall state the reasons for the request and the number of additional pages, words, or lines of text requested. It is the responsibility of the submitting party to conform to the formatting rules.Added effective 1/27/2017; amended effective 1/1/2020.