Rule Text
Appellate court briefs shall be prepared as provided in Rule 84.06.
Petitions, motions, transcripts and legal files shall comply with Rule 84.03.
All pleadings and other papers, except exhibits, offered for filing in any court and all forms used in any court, including opinions, shall be on paper of a size not larger than 8 1/2 X 11 inches.
An exhibit may be on paper larger than size 8 1/2 X 11 inches.
The use of recycled paper is acceptable and encouraged.
Amendment history: (Adopted Aug. 16, 1983, eff. July 1, 1984. Amended June 1, 1993, eff. Jan. 1, 1994; Dec. 15, 2000, eff. July 1, 2001; Mar. 7, 2022, eff. Jan. 1, 2024.)
Plain-English Summary (for reference only — not a substitute for the rule text above)
This summary is not the rule. The rule text controls.
When you file papers in a Missouri criminal court case, they need to follow specific formatting rules. If you're filing an appeal, your brief must follow the format in Rule 84.06. Petitions, motions, transcripts, and legal files need to follow Rule 84.03.
For most other documents you file, the paper size can't be bigger than 8 1/2 by 11 inches. This applies to almost everything, including forms used by the court and written opinions from judges. The one exception is exhibits, which are allowed to be larger than standard paper size if needed.
The rule also says you can use recycled paper for your documents, and courts actually encourage this.