Local Rule 5-5: Certificate of Service
N.D. Cal. — Civil rule
5-5. Certificate of Service
(a) Form. Whenever any pleading or other paper presented for filing is required (or permitted by any rule or other provision of law) to be served upon any party or person, unless it is served by ECF, it must bear or have attached to it: (1) An acknowledgment of service by the person served; or (2) Certificate of service stating the date, place, and manner of service, and the name, street address, or electronic address of each person served, certified by the person who made service, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1746.
(b) Sanction for Failure to Provide Certificate. Failure to provide an acknowledgment or certificate of service shall not be a ground for the Clerk to refuse to file a paper or pleading. However, any such document may be disregarded by the Judge if an adverse party timely objects on the ground of lack of service.
Cross Reference See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d).
Commentary Pursuant to Civil L.R. 5-1, except for civil complaints and other case-initiating documents in civil cases, parties are not required to include a certificate or acknowledgment of service upon registered ECF users when a document is filed electronically. Notification to those parties will be provided by the Court's electronic filing system.