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Every law student knows of the urgency of the verification requirement; that a
defective or absent verification when required may be cause of the outright
junking of the pleading so impaired. Many clients have ended up befuddled, if
not outraged, at seeing their complaints dismissed due to improper verification.
Indeed, the verification requirement has been the cause for minor paranoia
among lawyers in the Philippines, and the prudential rule has emerged that
whenever in doubt, verify.
Still, as a general rule, pleadings need not be verified, and it is only when
required by statute or a procedural rule that a pleading should be verified. What
follows below, for the benefit of practictioners, is a comprehensive list of
pleadings filed before the courts or quasi-judicial agencies that are required to
be verified.
Some items from the list were culled from Agpalo’s Legal Forms: Practical
Exercises in Pleading & Conveyance (2006 ed.), though this stands as a more
updated and comprehensive enumeration. Let us know if we’ve missed out on
any other pleading which must be verified, we’ll also be updating this list from
time to time to reflect the current status of relevant laws or rules)
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