Use a Request for Production when you want the other side to produce documents and things as well as a statement under oath that they have provided the documents or things requested, or what they haven't produced and why.
PRINT EMAILA Request for Production (also known as a Demand for Inspection) asks the other side to produce and allow copying or inspection and measuring of a document or thing.
Typically, if you requested a document, but the other side claims it doesn't exist, you can object to the judge if they try to introduce the document at trial. This helps prevent surprise evidence at trial.
Examples of things you might ask for with a Request for ProductionThere are many different templates available for Special Interrogatories. You can get a template from your local law library, or use the simple template below. In the template below, replace the text contained in [brackets] with your questions and delete the brackets. Other templates may be better suited for demands for inspection, or more specialized requests
If either the plaintiff or defendant is a corporation, LLC, or other legal entity, use the name of the entity. If the entity name is long, you may abbreviate it.
Select a place where you can easily make photocopies, such as a photocopy shop, or photocopying service. The other side will bring the original documents to this location, and you are expected to make copies of the documents and return them immediately to the person delivering them. Write the name and address for the photocopying shop or service you intend to use in the paragraph entitled "Place of Production." If you are not using an outside service, you may delete the name and use only the address. Next, select a time and date for production. The time must be during regular business hours and at least 30 days from the date you are having your Request for Production personally served. If you are having the Request for Production served by mail, you must allow an additional 5 days, so set the date least 35 days from the date you will have the Request for Production served by mail.
The second page has series of sample definitions. These definitions tell the person answering that any time they see this term in the questions (in uppercase letters) it should be defined as it is in the list of definitions. Feel free to use them if they are useful for you, or delete them if they are not. Add your own definitions in the same format.
Write your requests for production in a list as shown in the template. Add each one as a numbered item. Your request for production can request a described document, or a described category of documents.
examples of request wordingProduce the contract signed on September 14, 2020 by the plaintiff.
Produce all account statements for the account described in the complaint that were created between September 1, 2019 and September 31, 2020.
Produce all photographs of any of the vehicles involved in the collision on May 15, 2020 taken on or after May 15, 2020.
Make a copy of your Request for production of documents for each attorney or self-represented party in your case. You will keep the original. They are not filed with the court.
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Once you’ve completed the form, you’ll serve it by mail to the other attorneys or self-represented parties.