Rule 5. Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers

Rule 5.05. Filing

All papers after the complaint required to be served upon a party shall be filed with the court either before service or within a reasonable time thereafter, but the court may on motion of a party or on its own initiative order that depositions upon oral examination; interrogatories; requests for documents; requests for admission; and answers and responses thereto not be filed unless on order of the court or for use in the proceeding. [As amended by order entered January 31, 1984, effective August 20, 1984.]

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