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California Rules of Court

Rule 7.104. Execution and verification of amended pleadings, amendments to pleadings, and supplements to pleadings; use of Judicial Council forms

Cal. Rules of Court, rule 7.104

Current text effective January 1, 2003.

#(a) Amended pleading and amendment to a pleading

#(1) All persons required to sign a pleading must sign an amended pleading. One of the persons required to verify a pleading must verify an amended pleading.

#(2) All persons required to sign a pleading must sign an amendment to that pleading. One of the persons required to verify a pleading must verify an amendment to that pleading.

#(3) A Judicial Council form must be used for an amended pleading, with the word "Amended" added to its caption, if the form was used for the pleading that is amended. A Judicial Council form must not be used for an amendment to a pleading.

#(b) Supplement to a pleading

#(1) A supplement to a pleading must be signed and verified by one of the persons who were required to sign and verify the pleading that is supplemented. However, the court may, in the exercise of its discretion, accept for filing and consider a supplement to a pleading signed under penalty of perjury by an attorney for the party offering it, where the information contained in the supplement is particularly within the knowledge of the attorney.

#(2) A Judicial Council form must not be used for a supplement to a pleading.

#History

Rule 7.104 adopted effective January 1, 2003.

What this rule requires

Document Format Requirements

  • (3) A Judicial Council form must be used for an amended pleading, with the word "Amended" added to its caption, if the form was used for the pleading that is amended.

  • (2) A Judicial Council form must not be used for a supplement to a pleading.

Document Filing Requirements

  • (1) All persons required to sign a pleading must sign an amended pleading. One of the persons required to verify a pleading must verify an amended pleading.

  • (2) All persons required to sign a pleading must sign an amendment to that pleading. One of the persons required to verify a pleading must verify an amendment to that pleading.

  • (3) A Judicial Council form must be used for an amended pleading, with the word "Amended" added to its caption, if the form was used for the pleading that is amended.

  • (1) A supplement to a pleading must be signed and verified by one of the persons who were required to sign and verify the pleading that is supplemented.

  • The court may accept and consider an attorney-signed supplement under penalty of perjury when its information is particularly within the attorney's knowledge.

    The rule's wording

    However, the court may, in the exercise of its discretion, accept for filing and consider a supplement to a pleading signed under penalty of perjury by an attorney for the party offering it, where the information contained in the supplement is particularly within the knowledge of the attorney.

Official text: courts.ca.gov , checked October 19, 2026.