Code Civ. Proc., § 2033.050 · Article 1. Requests For Admission
Code Civ. Proc., § 2033.050
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Any party who is requesting or who has already requested more than 35 admissions not relating to the genuineness of documents by any other party shall attach to each set of requests for admissions a declaration containing substantially the following words:
DECLARATION FOR ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY
I, __________, declare:
1. I am (a party to this action or proceeding appearing in propria persona) (presently the attorney for __________, a party to this action or proceeding).
2. I am propounding to __________ the attached set of requests for admission.
3. This set of requests for admission will cause the total number of requests propounded to the party to whom they are directed to exceed the number of requests permitted by Section 2033.030 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
4. I have previously propounded a total of __________ requests for admission to this party.
5. This set of requests for admission contains a total of __________ requests.
6. I am familiar with the issues and the previous discovery conducted by all of the parties in this case.
7. I have personally examined each of the requests in this set of requests for admission.
8. This number of requests for admission is warranted under Section 2033.040 of the Code of Civil Procedure because __________. (Here state the reasons why the complexity or the quantity of issues in the instant lawsuit warrant this number of requests for admission.)
9. None of the requests in this set of requests is being propounded for any improper purpose, such as to harass the party, or the attorney for the party, to whom it is directed, or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of California that the foregoing is true and correct, and that this declaration was executed on __________.
______(Signature)______
Attorney for______
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History
Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 182, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 64 of Ch. 182.
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