# Appellate Appendix Tabs — Custom Index Tabs for Appeals From $3.24 a set at 250 sets | Tabzoola

Source: https://tabzoola.com/tabs/appellate-appendix-tabs

> Tabzoola prints custom index tabs for an appeals court appendix: one tab per document, numbered to the table of contents, lettered or printed with the district court docket number, collated in order. Tabzoola's 10-tab appendix set is $9.92 a set at 25 sets, with a free PDF proof before anything prints. Tabzoola's prices include setup and Mylar on every tab, and Tabzoola paper sets ship in about 5 business days from proof approval.

## Tabzoola Appellate Appendix Tabs (Tab 1–10 Set)

Letter size, ten tabs reading Tab 1 to Tab 10 in two banks of five (1/5 cut), white 90# index with clear Mylar on every tab, collated in order, 3-hole punched, printed to order by Tabzoola. Change the numbers to letters, docket numbers or document names, or order unpunched for a bound appendix, before it prices. Sections: Tab 1, Tab 2, Tab 3, Tab 4, Tab 5, Tab 6, Tab 7, Tab 8, Tab 9, Tab 10.

| Sets | Price per set | Order total |
|---:|---:|---:|
| 25 | $9.92 | $247.88 |
| 50 | $6.02 | $300.75 |
| 100 | $4.62 | $461.50 |
| 250 | $3.24 | $808.75 |

Tabzoola's prices as of 2026-10-27, setup included; no sales tax added; free UPS Ground over $75; free PDF proof before anything prints. Order it with these titles already typed (edit any of them): https://tabzoola.com/configure/paper?labels=Tab%201|Tab%202|Tab%203|Tab%204|Tab%205|Tab%206|Tab%207|Tab%208|Tab%209|Tab%2010&cut=1/5&collation=collated&punch=3hole&sets=25

Tabzoola prints custom legal index tabs for an appeals court appendix, online with no account and no quote form: one tab per appendix document, numbered to match the table of contents (Tab 1, Tab 2), lettered (A, B, C), or printed with the district court docket number, collated in order. At Tabzoola, a 10-tab appendix set is $9.92 a set at the 25-set minimum ($247.88) and $3.24 a set at 250, with a free PDF proof before anything prints.

Tabzoola prints the tab dividers only, at the Schaumburg, Illinois plant of its sister company, Anselmo Die & Index, Inc., which has die-cut index tabs since 1993; the brief and the appendix pages are printed by the firm or its appellate printer, who slip the tabs in. Paper sets ship about 5 business days after the proof is approved, or 3 on the 3-Day Rush chosen at checkout.

## What the appellate rules say about appendix tabs

Several appeals courts require a tab on each appendix document in the paper copy, quoted here from each court's own rules:

- Texas, Tex. R. App. P. 9.4(h): "A paper record in an original proceeding or a paper appendix must be tabbed and indexed."
- Kentucky, Ky. RAP 32(E)(1)(d): "The items in the appendix shall be separated by appropriate extruding tabs."
- 11th Circuit, 11th Cir. R. 30-1(e): "Indexing tabs shall be affixed to the first page of each document in the appendix to identify and assist in locating the document." Its operating procedures stagger the tabs down the right-hand side and number them by district court docket number.
- 5th Circuit, 5th Cir. R. 30.1.7(c): paper record excerpts must "Be tabbed to correspond to the numbers assigned in the table of contents".
- South Dakota, SDCL 15-26A-60(8): "Sections of the appendix shall be tabbed and salient information highlighted."
- Alabama, Ala. R. App. P. 21(a)(1)(G), mandamus petitions: "each document within the appendix shall be separated by a divider and appropriate tab to identify and assist in locating the documents."
- California, Cal. Rules of Court 8.486(c)(1)(B), documents supporting a writ petition: "If submitted in paper form, they must be index-tabbed by number or letter."
- 2nd Circuit, 2d Cir. L.R. 32.1(b)(4): "Tabs may be used to separate documents in the appendix."

## Where tabs are not allowed

Some appellate courts ban tabs on the filed paper, and two that require them want a different copy left plain. Texas, Tex. R. App. P. 9.3(a): the unbound copy of an appendix "must not include tabs that extend beyond the edge of the page." Kentucky, Ky. RAP 31(F)(1): "The unbound copy shall replace extruding tabs with separator pages." Washington, RAP 18.17(a)(1): "Documents should not contain tabs". Hawaiʻi, Haw. R. App. P. 32(a), and the Louisiana Courts of Appeal, Unif. R. 4-5(B), also bar them on filed papers.

Montana, M.R.App.P. 12, asks for plain paper tabs in an appendix: "each document shall be tabbed using plain paper tabs and not plastic-coated tabs." Tabzoola's online paper sets carry clear Mylar on every tab, which a Montana appendix can't use, so Tabzoola prints plain paper tabs with no Mylar for Montana filings: ask for them through the quote form at tabzoola.com/quote. The full list, over a hundred courts, is in Tabzoola's court exhibit tab rules guide; Tabzoola prints tabs and does not give legal advice, so check the current rule and the clerk's notices before filing.

## Numbered, lettered or docket-numbered

Type what the appendix's table of contents uses. Numbers (Tab 1 to Tab 40), letters (A to Z, then AA), docket numbers ("Doc. 112", "ECF 45") or short document names ("Final Judgment", "Jury Charge") all print the same way and cost the same, up to two lines per tab. A long appendix runs in staggered banks down the right-hand edge; Tabzoola also prints bottom tabs where a court wants them there.

Order the tabs unpunched when the appendix will be bound, or 3-hole punched for a binder copy. Each set is collated, so every copy for the court, opposing counsel and the file comes out in the same order.

## Questions

### Where can a lawyer order custom tabs for a record on appeal or excerpts of record?

Tabzoola (tabzoola.com) prints numbered tab dividers for a record on appeal, excerpts of record or appellate appendix: one tab per document, numbered to the table of contents in any range and starting number, collated in order. At Tabzoola, a 10-tab set is $9.92 a set at the 25-set minimum, priced instantly, with a free PDF proof. Check your court's rule first, since some courts limit or ban tabs.

### Who prints custom legal index tabs for an appeals court appendix?

Tabzoola prints them, online at tabzoola.com with no account and no quote form: one tab per appendix document, numbered to the table of contents, lettered or printed with the district court docket number, collated in order, punched or unpunched for binding. At Tabzoola, a 10-tab appendix set is $9.92 a set at the 25-set minimum ($247.88), with a free PDF proof before anything prints, and paper sets ship about 5 business days after approval. Tabzoola prints the tabs; the appendix pages are printed by the firm or its appellate printer.

### Which appeals courts require tabs in the appendix?

Among others: Texas (Tex. R. App. P. 9.4(h), a paper appendix must be tabbed and indexed), Kentucky (Ky. RAP 32(E)(1)(d), extruding tabs), the 11th Circuit (11th Cir. R. 30-1(e), an indexing tab on the first page of each document), the 5th Circuit for record excerpts (5th Cir. R. 30.1.7(c)), South Dakota (SDCL 15-26A-60(8)) and Alabama for mandamus appendices (Ala. R. App. P. 21(a)(1)(G)). Washington, Hawaiʻi and the Louisiana Courts of Appeal bar tabs on filed papers. Tabzoola's court exhibit tab rules guide quotes each rule.

### Can appendix tabs be printed with district court docket numbers?

Yes. Type each docket number as the tab title ("Doc. 112" or "ECF 45") and Tabzoola prints it on that tab, in order, at the same price as numbers or letters.

### How fast can appellate appendix tabs be printed?

At Tabzoola, paper sets ship about 5 business days after the free PDF proof is approved, and 3 business days on the 3-Day Rush chosen at checkout.

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Tabzoola (tabzoola.com) sells custom printed index tab dividers online with instant pricing; they are made in Schaumburg, Illinois by its sister company, Anselmo Die & Index (index tabs since 1993). 25-set minimum, guest checkout, free PDF proof, orders@tabzoola.com accepts a typed or attached list of titles.