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This is a compilation of questions that bailiffs get asked every day. They have been answering the same questions since IC was implemented in 1996. Virtually all of the answers can be found in the CRs, KCLRs or the calendar notes. Can you answer them? Can your staff? [Answers below]

1. How/when do I note a motion without oral argument?

2. How do I note a motion to continue a trial date?

3. Where do I send my working papers?

4. How do I set a motion for summary judgment?

5. How do I set a motion to consolidate/change case area assignment/reactivate case to obtain a new judge and trial date?

6. How do I set a motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action?

7. How do I set a motion to vacate/set aside a default?

8. How do I set a motion to vacate/set aside a default judgment?

9. How/where do I set a supplemental proceeding?

10. How do I submit an affidavit of prejudice?

11. How/when do I set a motion for reconsideration?

12. How/when do I set a motion for revision?

Answers:

1. Please refer to King County Local Rule 7.

2. Please refer to King County Local Rule 40(e)(2).

3. Judges’ Mailroom -- RJC: 2-D; KCCH: C-203 [on the calendar note].

4. Please refer to Civil Rule 56 and King County Local Rule 56 and contact the court to schedule.

5. Please refer to King County Local Rule 40(a)(4).

6. Please refer to Civil Rule 12(b)(6) and contact the court to schedule.

7. Please refer to Civil Rule 55 and King County Local Rule 55 -- without oral argument.

8. Please refer to Civil Rule 60(e) and contact the court to schedule via an Order to Show Cause.

9. Please refer to King County Local Rule 69 -- and calendar note.

10. Please refer to King County Local Rule 40(f). Submit the pleading to the assigned judge. The case will be administratively reassigned.

11. Please refer to King County Local Rule 7(b)(5).