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District Court (المحكمة الجزئية) — Egypt

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Format requirements for this court

Court and trackDistrict Court (المحكمة الجزئية)
PaperA4
Margins 2.5 cm · 2.5 cm · 2.5 cm · 2.5 cm
Type Times New Roman, 12 pt
Line spacing1.5
Paragraph numbering {n}.

Twelve point type in a typeface with full Arabic coverage, such as a clear Naskh face, printed black on white with no handwritten corrections in the body of the claim.

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District Court (المحكمة الجزئية)

The statement of claim is filed in Arabic with the registry of the district court, on A4 paper with 2.5 cm margins, 12 point type and numbered paragraphs. It must carry the court, the date of filing, the names and addresses of the parties, the subject of the claim, the dated facts, the claimant's requests and the signature, with the documents and a schedule of them attached. This set is limited to the simplified district-court track in which the law does not require the signature of a licensed lawyer; a claim of a kind for which the law requires that, or above the value ceiling, is outside this set.

EGP 40,000 — The district court hears civil and commercial claims not exceeding 40,000 Egyptian pounds, and the procedure followed there is simplified. A claim above that figure belongs to the Court of First Instance, where you must check whether the law requires the document to be signed or pursued by a licensed lawyer before you continue. This set does not prepare that track and does not replace a licensed lawyer.

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Filing checklist - what to bring, in how many copies, and why documents get returned.

  1. One signed statement of claim written in Arabic, carrying the district court, the date of filing, the names and addresses of the parties, the subject of the claim, the dated facts and the requests.

    صحيفة دعوى - statement of claim (Civil and Commercial Procedures Law No. 46 of 1972, article 68)

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  2. A copy of the claim and its attachments for each party, plus one copy for the court file.
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  3. An Arabic translation certified by a translator approved by the Ministry of Justice for every document written in a foreign language, attached behind the document it translates.
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  4. The documents supporting the claim, numbered continuously from 1 and listed in the attachment index by number and name.
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  5. Payment of the proportional fee assessed on the value of the claim together with the other court fees, after checking the amount with the registry.

    قانون الرسوم القضائية رقم 90 لسنة 1944 - Judicial Fees Law No. 90 of 1944

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  6. A copy of the filer's national identity number document, and a copy of the commercial registration where the claimant is an entity.
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  7. A chosen address for service in Egypt for the claimant, and the address of the defendant at which service will be made.
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  8. Where the request rests on a contract, a tenancy or an invoice, copies of the pages relied on are attached with the payment entries visible.
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  9. Registration of the claim at the district court registry, obtaining the case number and the first hearing date, and recording both on the copy you keep.

    قلم كتاب المحكمة الجزئية - district court registry

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  10. Signature in ink on the signature line with the printed name beneath it, and confirmation that the claim sits in the simplified district-court track; where the rules require a licensed lawyer to sign, that signature must be obtained, and this set does not give legal advice and does not replace a licensed lawyer.
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Why filings get sent back

The language you read here and the language of the documents are set separately.

Document language: العربية. This is set by the court, not by the language you are reading now.

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Disclosure: what this document set is and what it does not cover

This set was assembled by a document preparation tool that organises the facts you supplied and aligns the page format to the registration requirements published for the court named on the cover. It is a format-and-fact organisation aid. It does not give legal advice, it does not create an advisory relationship, it does not replace a licensed lawyer, and no lawyer has reviewed your documents. No opinion is offered on the strength of any position or on which rule applies. You remain responsible for the contents of everything you file, for meeting every deadline set by the rules or by the court, and for taking advice from a licensed lawyer about your situation. Every format rule in this set is listed with its source so that you can check it yourself.

I have read this disclosure and I understand that this set is a format-and-fact organisation aid, that it is not legal advice, that no lawyer has reviewed my documents, that the claim is filed in Arabic before the district court, and that claims for which the rules require a licensed lawyer's signature are outside this set.

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Confirm you understand: citations are not verified

The system does not check whether a citation is real. You are responsible for checking each one in the official database: Egyptian official gazette and the Ministry of Justice legal database.

Egyptian official gazette and the Ministry of Justice legal database

Check each citation yourself in the official gazette and in the Ministry of Justice legal database: confirm that the law exists, that the article you cite is the one in force, and that no later amendment has changed it.

Every format rule is listed with its source so you can check it yourself.

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