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La. Sup. Ct. R. XLII, § 4
Document Format
A. An electronically filed document shall comply with all Rules governing
conventional filings, including but not limited to page limitations, paper size, font
type, margin width and font size.
B. An electronically filed document must be in text-searchable PDF-A format.
Appendix and/or exhibit materials may be scanned if necessary, but should
maintain 300 dots per inch when scanned.
C. A Registered User may electronically upload multiple documents in a single
electronic filing through the Court Data/Document Exchange. The Registered User
will receive a single Filing Number and Filing Confirmation for the electronically
filed documents.
D. An electronically filed document may contain hyperlinks to another part of the
same document, a motion and order electronically filed with the document or an
appendix and/or exhibit electronically filed with the document. No other
hyperlinks are permitted.
E. The size of any single electronic filing shall not exceed 175 megabytes.
F. A Registered User must refrain from including, or must partially redact where
inclusion is necessary, any personal data identifiers from all documents
electronically filed, including exhibits, unless otherwise ordered by the Court.
G. An electronically filed document must not contain a virus, malware, encryption,
public key infrastructure, password or any other type of rights management when
uploaded.
H. The Clerk of Court may reject an electronically filed document for
nonconformance with any Rule.
History
Repealed and re-enacted by the Supreme Court's order of December 2025 (Rules I–XII, XIV and XLII), effective 2026-01-01.
Provenance
- Source
- www.lasc.org
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- 2026-09-18
- Content hash
5eec3d25e8d6f5e88f69b5aafdeca923c362839cf83c01702aaae4c1f4482394
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