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Certificate of Service - Florida

Instructions for Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.914, Certificate of Service (9/00)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FLORIDA SUPREME COURT APPROVED FAMILY LAW FORM

12.914, CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

When should this form be used?

After the petition has been properly served (through either a personal service or constructive service),

both parties must send copies of all additional documents or papers they file with the clerk to the other

party or his or her attorney, if he or she has one. Each time you file a document, you must certify that you

provided the other party with a copy. Many of the Florida Family Law Forms already have a place above

the signature line for this certification. It looks like this:

I certify that a copy of this document was [ / one only] ( ) mailed ( ) faxed and mailed ( )

hand-delivered to the person(s) listed below on {date} .

Other party or his/her attorney:

Name:

Address:

City, State, Zip:

Fax Number:

If a form you are filing has a certificate, you do not need to file a separate Certificate of Service, O”

Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.914. However, each time you file a document

that does not have a certificate like the one above, you must file a Certificate of Service, O” Florida

Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.914, and send a copy of the document to the other party.

This includes letters to the judge.

This form should be typed or printed in black ink. After completing this form (giving the name of each form,

document, or paper filed), you should sign the form before a notary public or deputy clerk. You should

file the original with the clerk of the circuit court in the county where your case was filed and keep a copy

for your records.

The copy you are providing to the other party must be mailed (postmarked) or delivered to the

opposing party or his or her attorney on the same day indicated on the certificate of service.

Where can I look for more information?

Before proceeding, you should read “General Information for Self-Represented Litigants” found

at the beginning of these forms. For more information, see rule 1.080, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure

and rule 12.080, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure.

Special notes...

Remember, a person who is NOT an attorney is called a nonlawyer. If a nonlawyer helps you fill out these

Instructions for Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.914, Certificate of Service (9/00)

forms, that person must give you a copy of Disclosure from Nonlawyer, O” Florida Family Law Rules

of Procedure Form 12.900 (a), before he or she helps you. A nonlawyer helping you fill out these forms

also must put his or her name, address, and telephone number on the bottom of the last page of every form

he or she helps you complete.

Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.914, Certificate of Service (9/00)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,

IN AND FOR COUNTY, FLORIDA

Case No.:

Division:

Petitioner,

and

Respondent.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that a copy of {name of document(s)}

was [ / one only] ( ) mailed ( ) faxed and mailed ( ) hand delivered to the person listed below on

{date} .

Other party or his/her attorney:

Name:

Address:

City, State, Zip:

Fax Number:

Signature of Party

Printed Name:

Address:

City, State, Zip:

Telephone Number:

Fax Number:

IF A NONLAWYER HELPED YOU FILL OUT THIS FORM, HE/SHE MUST FILL IN THE

BLANKS BELOW: [ N fill in all blanks]

I, {full legal name and trade name of nonlawyer} ,

a nonlawyer, located at {street} , {city} ,

{state} , {phone} , helped {name} ,

who is the [ / one only] petitioner or respondent, fill out this form.