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List of Pleadings Which Must Be Verified (Update #1)

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.
BEFORE THE COURTS

Civil complaints or initiatory pleadings asserting claims for relief (including permissive counterclaims). (See Sec. 5, Rule 7, Rules of Civil Procedure)
Statement of Claim for Small Claims Cases, as well as the Response thereto (See Secs. 5 & 11,
Rules of Procedure for Small Claims Cases)

Complaint for injunction (See Sec. 4, Rule 58, Rules of Civil Procedure)

Application for appointment of receiver (See Sec. 1, Rule 59, Rules of Civil Procedure)

Application for support pendente lite (See Sec. 1, Rule 69, Rules of Civil Procedure)

Petition for forcible entry or unlawful detainer, the answers thereto, and the answers to any
compulsory counter-claim and cross-claim pleaded in the answer (See Sec. 4, Rule 70, Rules of
Civil Procedure)

Petition for indirect contempt (See Sec. 4, Rule 71, Rules of Civil Procedure)

Petition for relief from judgment or order. (See Sec. 3, Rule 38, Rules of Civil Procedure)

Petition for Review from the RTC to the Supreme Court (See Sec. 2[c], Rule 41, Rules of Civil
Procedure)

Petition for Review from RTC to Court of Appeals (See Sec. 1, Rule 42, Rules of Civil Procedure)

Petition for Review under Rule 43, from CTA and other quasi-judicial agencies to Court of
Appeals (See Sec. 5, Rule 43, Rules of Civil Procedure)

Appeal by certiorari under Rule 45, from Court of Appeals to Supreme Court (See Sec. 1, Rule 45,
Rules of Civil Procedure)

Petition for certiorari (special civil action) under Rule 64 (See Sec. 2, Rule 64, Rules of Civil
Procedure)

Petition for certiorari (special civil action) under Rule 65 (See Sec. 1, Rule 65, Rules of Civil
Procedure)

Petition for prohibition under Rule 65 (See Sec. 2, Rule 65, Rules of Civil Procedure)

Petition for Mandamus under Rule 65 (See Sec. 3, Rule 65, Rules of Civil Procedure)

Petition for appointment of guardian (See Sec. 2, Rule 93, Rules of Court)

Petition for leave filed by guardian to sell or encumber property of an estate (See Sec. 1, Rule 95,
Rules of Court)

Petition for declaration of competency of a ward (See Sec. 1, Rule 97, Rules of Court)

Petition for habeas corpus (See Sec. 3, Rule 102, Rules of Court)

Petition for change of name (See Sec. 2, Rule 103, Rules of Court)

Petition for voluntary judicial dissolution of a corporation (See Sec. 1, Rule 105, Rules of Court;
see also Sec. 119, Corporation Code)

Petition for cancellation or correction of entries in the civil registry under Rule 108 (See Sec. 1,
Rule 108, Rules of Court)

Petition for correction of a clerical or typographical error in an entry and/or change of first name
or nickname in the civil register filed with the civil register office pursuant to Republic Act No.
9048 (See. Sec. 3, Rep. Act No. 9048)

Petition for adoption (See Sec. 7, Rule of Adoption)

Petition for legal separation (See Sec. 2(b)(3), Rule on Legal Separation)

Petition for declaration of absolute nullity of void marriages and annulment of voidable marriages
(See Sec. 5, Rule on Declaration of Absolute Nullity of Void Marriages and Annulment of Voidable
Marriages)

Petitions in summary judicial proceedings in the family law based on Articles 41, 51, 69, 73, 96,
124,127, 223, 225, 235 & 239 of the Family Code (See Arts. 239, 249 & 253, Family Code)

Complaints filed under the Interim Rules of Procedure on Intra-Corporate Controversies, as well
as the Answer thereto. (See Sec. 3, Rule 2, Interim Rules of Procedure on Intra-Corporate
Controversies)

All pleadings, motions, oppositions, defenses or claims filed by any interested party in any
proceeding governed by the Rules of Procedure on Corporate Rehabilitation (2008) (See Sec. 1,
Rule 3, Rules of Procedure on Corporate Rehabilitation)

Complaints filed with the Court of Tax Appeals (See Sec. 1, Rule 6, Revised Rules of Procedure of
the Court of Tax Appeals)

Petitions for Review filed with the CTA (See Sec. 2, Rule 6, Revised Rules of Procedure of the
Court of Tax Appeals)

BEFORE CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSIONS/QUASI-JUDICIAL AGENCIES

The following pleadings filed before the Commission on Elections, as well as the answers thereto:
protests or petitions in ordinary actions, special actions, special cases, special reliefs, provisional
remedies, special proceedings, counter-protests, counter-petitions, interventions, motions for
reconsiderations, appeals from rulings of board of canvassers. (See Sec. 3(b), Rule 7, COMELEC
Rules of Procedure)
Complaints filed with the Regional Office of the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (See
Sec. 1, Rule III, 1996 Revised Rules of Procedure of the HLURB, as amended)

Petitions for Review filed with the Regional Officer of the HLURB (See Sec. 1, Rule XII, 1996
Revised Rules of Procedure of the HLURB)

Applications for new services, complaints, petitions, oppositions and answers filed with the Land
Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (See Sec. 2, Rule 3, Rules of Practice and
Procedure Before the LTFRB)

Complaints filed in administrative cases filed with the Insurance Commission. (Sec. 4, Rule I,
Rules of Procedure Governing Administrative Cases Before the Insurance Commission)

Complaints filed with Insurance Commission seeking relief from insurance companies or mutual
benefit associations. (See Sec. 1, Rule 3, Rules of Procedure Governing Hearings Before the
Insurance Commission)

Position Papers filed before Labor Arbiters (See Sec. 7, Rule V, 2005 Rules of Procedure of the
National Labor Relations Commission)

Complaints and petitions filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the exercise of its
adjudicative functions, as well as the answers thereto. (See Sec. 3-3, Rule III, Revised Rules of
Procedure 2000 of the Securities and Exchange Commission)

Some items from the list were culled from Agpalos Legal Forms: Practical Exercises in Pleading &
Conveyance (2006 ed.), though this stands as a more updated and comprehensive enumeration. Let us know if
weve missed out on any other pleading which must be verified, well also be updating this list from time to
time to reflect the current status of relevant laws or rules)

All complaints, compulsory counterclaims and cross-claims pleaded in the answer, and the
answers thereto, filed under summary procedure in the Metropolitan Trial Courts, the Municipal
Trial Courts in Cities, the Municipal Trial Courts, and the Municipal Circuit Trial Courts. (See
Sec. 3, Rule 2, Revised Rules on Summary Procedure)
Petition for review, as well as the comment thereto, filed with the Secretary of the Department of
Justice, appealing from resolutions of Chief State Prosecutors, Regional State Prosecutors, and
Provincial/City prosecutors in cases subject of preliminary investigation/reinvestigation. (See Secs.
4 & 8, 2000 NPS Rule on Appeal)

Application of an issuance for a writ of search and seizure in civil actions for infringement of
intellectual property rights (See Sec. 4, Rule on Search and Seizure in Civil Actions for
Infringement of IP Rights)

A petition for the issuance of a writ of amparo and the return thereof; and in connection with the
amparo proceedings, motion for an inspection order or for a production order. (See The Rule on
the Writ of Amparo)

A petition for the issuance of a writ of habeas data and the return thereof. (See The Rule on the
Writ of Habeas Data)

Election protests or petitions for quo warranto relating to elective municipal and barangay
officials filed with the general courts; as well as the answers thereto (See Sec. 7, Rule 3 & Sec. 1,
Rule 4, Rules of Procedure in Election Contests Before the Courts Involving Elective Municipal
and Barangay Officials)