§ Rule 79 Books and Records Kept by the Clerk and Entries Therein

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Rule 79. Books and Records Kept by the Clerk and Entries Therein

    (a) Civil Docket. The clerk shall keep the civil docket, and shall enter therein each civil action to which these rules are applicable. Actions shall be assigned docket numbers. Upon the filing of a complaint with the court, the name of each party and each trustee, and the name and address of the plaintiff's attorney shall be entered upon the docket. Thereafter the name and address of the attorney appearing or answering for any defendant or trustee shall similarly be entered. All pleadings and motions addressed in Rule 7(a) and (b), and any opposition thereto and any returns showing execution of process filed with the clerk, and all appearances, fee payments, orders, verdicts, and judgments shall be noted chronologically upon the docket and shall be marked with the docket number. These notations shall briefly show the nature of each document filed or writ issued and the substance of each order or judgment of the court and of the returns showing execution of process. In the alternative the notation of an order or judgment may consist of an incorporation by reference of a designated order, judgment, opinion or other document filed with the clerk by the court, provided that the notation shows that it is made at the specific direction of the court. The notation of an order or
judgment shall show the date the notation is made.

    (b) (1) Motion to Impound. Upon the filing of a motion or other request to impound or seal documents or other materials, the clerk shall separate such materials from the publicly available file and keep them impounded or sealed pending the court's adjudication of the motion.

        (2) Confidential Materials. Requests for inspection or copying of materials designated as confidential, impounded or sealed within a case file must be made by motion in accordance with Rule 7.

    (c) Custody of Papers by Clerk. The clerk shall be answerable for all records and papers filed with the court, and they shall not be taken from the clerk's custody without special order of the court; but the parties may at all times have copies.

    (d) Other Books and Records. The clerk shall keep such other books and records as may be required from time to time by the Chief Justice of the Superior Court, or the Chief Judge of the District Court, as the case may be.