Submission of papers to judge of a criminal court
All papers for signature or consideration of the court shall be presented to the clerk of the trial court in the appropriate courtroom or clerk's office, except that where the clerk is unavailable or the judge so directs, papers may be submitted to the judge and a copy filed with the clerk at the first available opportunity. Where a court does not employ a clerk for at least part of every business day and where the clerk is unavailable on the day when it is necessary to submit papers timely, papers may be submitted by regular mail accompanied by an affidavit of service, or by facsimile or electronic mail and a copy filed with the clerk at the first available opportunity, and will be considered filed upon the date of mailing or when the papers are successfully delivered by facsimile or email. All papers for any judge that are filed in the clerk's office shall be promptly delivered to the judge by the clerk. The papers shall be clearly addressed to the judge for whom they are intended and prominently show the nature of the papers, the title and the identification number of the accusatory instrument or instruments by which defendant is charged, the name of the assigned judge, if any, the name of the attorney or party submitting them and the return date of any motion to which the papers refer.
All papers for the court's signature/consideration go to the clerk in the courtroom or clerk's office. Exceptions: if the clerk is unavailable or the judge directs, papers may go straight to the judge with a copy filed with the clerk at the first available opportunity. Where a court has no clerk every business day and the clerk is unavailable when a timely filing is due, papers may be filed by regular mail with an affidavit of service, or by fax or email — and are deemed filed on the date of mailing or when successfully delivered by fax/email. ★ Papers filed in the clerk's office must be promptly delivered to the judge, clearly addressed to the intended judge, and must show the nature of the papers, the accusatory instrument's title and ID number, the assigned judge, the submitting party/attorney, and the motion return date.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 6 — The JG-22 Uniform Rules and Everything Else and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.