Arizona forms

Ariz. R. Civ. P. 5.2 (Form of Documents) — what the rule itself requires

• “Every typed document must use at least a 13-point type size” — A TRUE statewide floor — 13-point, a point higher than Florida's.
• “The court prefers proportionally spaced serif fonts, such as Times New Roman, Bookman, Century, Garamond, or Book Antiqua” — The court's own preferred list — Garamond, this line's body face, is on it by name.
• “a margin at the top of the first page of not less than 2 inches; a margin at the top of each subsequent page of not less than 1-1/2 inches” — First-page top margin ≥ 2 inches; later pages ≥ 1.5 inches (left ≥ 1, right and bottom ≥ 1/2).
• “Except for the first page, the bottom margin must include a page number” — Page numbers in the bottom margin — but NOT on page one.
• “Text must be double-spaced and may not exceed 28 lines per page” — Double-spaced text, 28 lines per page at most (headings, quotations, footnotes may single-space).
• “The text of every document must be black on a plain white background” — Black text, plain white background, single-sided.
• “the attorney’s State Bar of Arizona attorney identification number” — The prescribed caption block carries the filer's contact block and, for attorneys, the State Bar of Arizona ID.

Rule 5.2 is a real specification, and the Arizona edition enforces it mechanically: the 13-point floor, the 2-inch/1.5-inch top margins, page numbers from page two, double-spacing, white pages, and Garamond — a face on the court's own preferred list. Where the rule says 'should' (left-side line numbers), the registry says 'should' too.

The pleading anatomy, from the rules: The pleading caption IS the Rule 5.2(a) block — one prescription, two rules. THE ARIZONA TWIST: the listed defense does not BAR recovery — pure comparative fault, a jury question, with the statute's wilful/wanton exception. The clock: “within 20 days after being served with the summons and complaint.” And Rule 11(d), in the rule's own words: “An attorney may help draft a pleading, motion, or other document filed by an otherwise self-represented person, and the attorney need not sign that pleading.”

These editions follow the statewide scheme — Rule 5.2's stated format specification, Rule 10's caption prescription, and Rule 11's signature requirements, each quoted from the rules' own text. Arizona's counties and individual divisions publish REAL additional requirements in local rules and administrative orders, and compulsory arbitration under A.R.S. § 12-133 reshapes small-value superior court cases entirely. Before any filing, verify the county page, the division's orders, and the assigned judge's published procedures — our county and judge procedure pages, powered by BenchPath (benchpath.ai), are built for exactly that check.