civil-procedure process
Attaining or Making Forms
<p>In my county, it is rather hard to find some forms. Furthermore, the clerk's office does not provide one with forms nor do they direct one towards forms. The only resources that I know of are some online websites that try to help, but which still lack several forms.</p>
<p>In other counties like this, how does one go about getting forms?</p>
<p>Is it fine to just draft your own form with the correct information and submit it to court?</p>
<p>Examples of forms.
(1) A request for subpoena in a civil case.
(2) A request for a leave of court in a civil case.
(3) A request for mediation in a civil case.
(4) A general (pro se) motion form for a civil case.</p>

<h2>those examples usually aren't forms</h2>
<p>Without knowing the exact Jurisdiction, it is impossible to identify if such forms even exist. In general, forms are often for very specific things, like the witness-form on the back of a traffic ticket to identify the driver of a car you own.</p>
<p>However, most of those examples from the question, especially a request for leave, mediation or to appear pro-se, are done by filing with the court, at least in most jurisdictions. Such a filing has to follow <em>some</em> guidelines (usually, it needs to identify what case it belongs to and who is filing as well as some other formalities, such as being signed), but it is generally not a <em>form</em>.</p>
<p>Subpoenas <em>can</em> exist as a form, but they also can require a full filing (esp. for requesting ex-parte to identify identities of John Does), so I'd tentatively say, they are &quot;so-so&quot;.</p>
<p>The Formatting guidelines for a filing might be acquired from the clerk of court or a court's website.</p>
