Instructions for completing your ANSWER TO COMPLAINT

Instructions for completing your
ANSWER TO COMPLAINT
THE NUMBERS BELOW DESCRIBE WHAT YOU NEED TO WRITE IN THE
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1. Name of Court (This will be on the Complaint you received).
2. Name of County.
3. Name of company/person who is suing you.
4. Your name.
5. Copy this number from the Complaint you received.
6. Here just write in the number (from the Complaint) of the basic paragraphs
you admit to. For example, if paragraph 1 states your name, then put in "1" as a
paragraph that you admit to being true. If paragraph 2 says where you live then
put in a "2", etc. If the paragraph contains a part that isn't true, put that in after
"except".
So your answer may say something like "Admits paragraphs 1,2,4,7, except for
the following statement: my street address is actually 546.
7. If there are statements in the Complaint that you deny, then put in the
numbers of those paragraphs. If you don't want to deny any of the statements,
then leave this section out.
8. Put in paragraphs here that you have no actual knowledge about. Like if
paragraph 3 in the Complaint had said, "Plaintiff is a corporation" - you would list
paragraph 3 here, since you don't have actual knowledge of that.
9. This is where you write in if your bank account ONLY holds exempt funds like
Social Security. IMPORTANT: DO NOT USE THIS ENTIRE SECTION ABOUT
YOUR BANK ACCOUNT UNLESS THE ONLY FUNDS IN YOUR ACCOUNT
ARE FROM AN EXEMPT SOURCE, LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY.
10. Date this.
11. Sign in front of a notary. Print your name underneath your signature,
12. Have your signature notarized.
When you have completed your Answer and had it notarized, make 2 copies.
Bring the Original and your 2 copies to the County Clerk for filing with the Court.
File the Original and ask to have your copies stamped with "date of entry". Send
1 copy to the Plaintiff and keep 1 copy for your files.

SAMPLE
Basic Fortn for Answer to COlllplaint
l. COURT
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2. COUNTYOF _
3. _
Plaintiff. 5. Index Number ----­
4.
ANSWER TO
COMPLAINT
Defendant.
Defendant(s) answer(s) the complaint as follows:
6. Admit(s) the statements contained in paragraph numbers and _ except
for the following statements:
7. Deny the statements contained in paragraph numbers and___ except
for the following statements
8. Lacks knowledge about the truth and therefore deny the statements contained in
paragraphs numbers ' and ­
9. Defendant (s) further asserts that he is years old and he has (one) bank account
where only
are deposited, and that account contains no other funds
other than
, which he believes to be exempt.
10. Dated this day of , 2
II.
Defendant (Signature)
_
12. Sworn to me
on day of , 2 _
Notary Public

-.,-.,----,-,-- COURT
COUNTY OF
__
Plaintiff,
Index Number
v. ANSWER TO COMPLAINT
Defendant.
Defendant(s) answer the complaint as follows:
Admit the statements contained in paragraph numbers
except for the following statements:
Deny the statements contained in paragraph numbers
______, except for the following statements:
and
and
Lack knowledge about the truth and therefore deny the
statements contained in paragraphs numbers
and
Defendant(s) further asserts that he is years old and he has
one bank account where only__~__~~__~ are deposited, and that
account contains no other funds other than
, which
he believes to be exempt.
DATED this
2007.
day of
Defendant
Sworn to me
On day of ________, 20
Notary Public