Local Rule 5.2: PROOF OF SERVICE AND SERVICE BY PUBLICATION
S.D. Fla. — General rule
RULE 5.2 PROOF OF SERVICE AND SERVICE BY PUBLICATION
(a) Certification of Service. If a pleading or paper required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5 to be served on the other parties is served on any party by a method other than CM/ECF, that pleading or paper shall include a certificate of service that identifies the persons or firms served, their relationship to the action or proceeding, their street address, telephone number, and email address, and the date and method of service. See form available on the Court's website (www.flsd.uscourts.gov). Signature by the party or its attorney on the certificate of service constitutes a representation that service has been made.
(b) Multiple Copies Unnecessary. Any document permitted to be filed via CM/ECF, including the corporate disclosure statement required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7.1, shall be deemed to have been delivered in multiple if multiple copies are required to be filed.
(c) Publication. Publication required by law or rule of court shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the action is pending.
Effective December 1, 1994. Amended effective December 1, 2001; April 15, 2007; April 15, 2010; April 15, 2011; December 1, 2015; December 1, 2020; December 1, 2023; December 2, 2024.
Authority
(1993) Former Local Rule 7; Model Rule 5.2 (does not require certificate of service); Clerk of the Court's administrative rule on issuance of initial process.
(1994) D. Rule 1.07(c), Local Rules, Middle District of Florida.