Local Rule Rule 1008-1: Requirement to Verify Petitions and Accompanying Documents

Rule 1008-1. Requirement to Verify Petitions and Accompanying Documents Petitions, lists, schedules, statements, plans, amendments, pleadings, affidavits, and other documents which must contain original wet ink signatures or which require verification under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1008, or an unsworn declaration as provided in 28 U.S.C. § 1746, may contain, in lieu of the original wet ink signature, the signature forms described below:

1. A copy, or digitally scanned or faxed image, of the original document containing a wet ink signature; or 2. An image with a signature captured electronically at the time of document creation, or signatures created and verified by use of special software programs for electronic signatures, such as DocuSign or Sign Easy.

An attorney's electronic filing of such a document with the signature form described above will constitute a certification by the debtor's attorney that (1) the attorney transmitted the entire document to the debtor(s) for review and signature, communicated with the debtor regarding the substance and purpose of the document, and received express authorization from the debtor(s) to file the document; and (2) the debtor(s) signed the document and that, at the time of electronic filing, the debtor's attorney is in possession of an image format, facsimile, or software-assisted signature of the document from the debtor(s).