Rule 2.515 - SIGNATURE AND CERTIFICATES OF ATTORNEYS AND PARTIES(a) Attorney's Signature and Certificates. Every document of a party represented by an attorney must be signed by at least 1 attorney of record in that attorney's individual name whose current record Florida Bar address, telephone number, including area code, primary e-mail address and secondary e-mail addresses, if any, and Florida Bar number must be stated, and who must be duly licensed to practice law in Florida or who must have received permission to appear in the particular case as provided in rule 2.510. The attorney may be required by the court to give the address and primary e-mail address and secondary e-mail addresses, if any, of, and to vouch for the attorney's authority to represent, the party. Except when otherwise specifically provided by an applicable rule or statute, documents need not be verified or accompanied by affidavit. The signature of an attorney shall constitute a certificate by the attorney that: (1) the attorney has read the document;(2) to the best of the attorney's knowledge, information, and belief there is good ground to support the document;(3) the document is not interposed for delay; and(4) the document contains no confidential or sensitive information, or that any such confidential or sensitive information has been properly protected by complying with the provisions of rules 2.420 and 2.425. If a document is not signed or is signed with intent to defeat the purpose of this rule, it may be stricken and the action may proceed as though the document had not been served.(b) Pro Se Litigant Signature. A party who is not represented by an attorney must sign any document and state the party's address; primary e-mail address and secondary e-mail addresses, if any; and telephone number, including area code.(c) Form of Signature.(1) The signatures required on documents by subdivisions (a) and (b) of this rule may be: (B) original signatures that have been reproduced by electronic means, such as on electronically transmitted documents or photocopied documents;(C) an electronic signature indicator using the "/s/," "s/," or "/s" [name] formats authorized by the person signing a document electronically served or filed; or(D) any other signature format authorized by general law, so long as the clerk where the proceeding is pending has the capability of receiving and has obtained approval from the Supreme Court of Florida to accept pleadings and documents with that signature format.(2) By serving a document, or by filing a document by electronic transmission using an attorney's assigned electronic filing credentials: (A) that attorney certifies compliance with subdivision (a)(1) through (a)(4) and accepts responsibility for the document for all purposes under this rule;(B) that attorney certifies compliance with all rules of procedure regarding service of the document on attorneys and parties;(C) that attorney certifies that every person identified as a signer in the document as described in subdivision (c)(1)(C) has authorized such signature; and(D) every signing attorney is as responsible for the document as if that document had been served by such signing attorney or filed using the assigned electronic filing credentials of such signing attorney.FL. R. Gen. prac. Jud. Admin. 2.515
Amended effective 10/19/2023; Amended by SC21-990, effective 10/1/2022; amended by 126 So.3d 222, effective 11/14/2013; amended by 102 So.3d 505, effective 9/1/2012.