Verification of pleadings.
1. In all cases of the verification of a pleading, the affidavit of the party shall state that the same is true of his own knowledge, except as to the matters which are therein stated on his information and belief, and as to those matters that he believes it to be true. And where a pleading is verified, it shall be by the affidavit of the party, unless he be absent from the county where the attorneys reside, or from some cause unable to verify it, or the facts are within the knowledge of his attorney or other person verifying the same.
2. When the pleading is verified by the attorney, or any other person except the party, he shall set forth in the affidavit the reasons why it is not made by the party.
3. When a corporation is a party, the verification may be made by any officer thereof; or when the State, or any officer thereof in its behalf, is a party, the verification may be made by any person acquainted with the facts; except that in actions prosecuted by the Attorney General, in behalf of the State, the pleadings need not, in any case, be verified.
4. In all cases where, by the foregoing provisions, the verification may be made by the attorney, such verification may be by him made on information and belief if the facts are not within his knowledge.
5. The affidavit may be in substantially the following form and need not be subscribed before a notary public:
Under penalties of perjury, the undersigned declares that he is the ................................ (plaintiff, defendant) named in the foregoing ................................ (complaint, answer) and knows the contents thereof; that the pleading is true of his own knowledge, except as to those matters stated on information and belief, and that as to such matters he believes it to be true.
.......................................................................
Last modified: February 26, 2006