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1. Answer. Defendant(s) shall file an answer or present other defenses or objections available under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure within twenty (20) days from the date of the filing of the notice of removal or, if any defendant is served after removal, within the time frame established by Rule 81(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. If such answer has previously been filed in State Court, it shall be refiled separately from other State Court pleadings and captioned "Answer".
2. Refiling Motions. A motion filed in state court will not be considered unless it is refiled in this court in accordance with these rules.
3. Certified Copy of State Court Record. The removing party shall file with the clerk's office a certified or attested copy of the state court record within ten (10) days of the filing of the notice of removal.
4. Remand. Whenever the court remands an action to state court, the clerk's office shall send a certified copy of the remand order and docket entries to the state court clerk's office.

(§§ (a), (b), and (c) amended 1/1/97; § (b) amended 1/1/98; § (a) amended 1/1/06)

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