DocDel helps you prepare legal paperwork and get informed before the clock starts. It is not a law firm, and no workflow has been reviewed by a lawyer. A few narrow U.S. federal workflows are source-checked: we compared our instructions with the official text on the date shown. Everything else is prepared as general information, with court rules, forms, service, deadlines and fees marked “Needs verification.”
Before any document credit is used, your workspace asks which court or federal agency and state apply and shows whether a checked profile matches. Documents that don’t match are still drafted, clearly labeled general information.
Source-checked profiles
U.S. federal unsworn declaration (28 U.S.C. § 1746)
Your own written declaration, for a matter under U.S. federal law or a federal rule or requirement, using the § 1746 closing for where you sign (inside or outside the United States). Federal civil privacy redactions (Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2(a)) are included only when you say it is for a U.S. district court civil case; for other federal courts and agencies, privacy and redaction rules stay unresolved.
Source-checked 2026-10-25 · re-check due 2027-04-25 · Lawyer / legal-service review: not reviewed
Not covered
Depositions, oaths of office, and oaths that must be taken before a specified official other than a notary (§ 1746 exceptions).
State court or state agency matters — § 1746 is federal; state acceptance is not covered.
Affidavits are never converted into declarations automatically.
Declarations for another person or a business; habeas, immigration, Social Security, bankruptcy and criminal matters.
You still need to check
Whether this court, agency or requirement accepts a § 1746 declaration for this specific purpose.
The specific court's or agency's local rules, standing orders, instructions and required forms — not reviewed by DocDel.
How and when to file, submit or serve this paper — confirm with the court or agency.
Any deadline or filing fee — DocDel does not supply these; confirm with the court, agency or a qualified professional.
Whether the document is legally sufficient for its purpose — not reviewed by a lawyer.
United States Code Online, current through Public Law 119-124 (October 15, 2026). Compared with official text on 2026-10-25; re-check due 2027-04-25.
“(other than a deposition, or an oath of office, or an oath required to be taken before a specified official other than a notary public), such matter may, with like force and effect, be supported, evidenced, established, or proved by the unsworn declaration, certificate, verification, or statement, in writing of such person which is subscribed by him, as true under penalty of perjury, and dated, in substantially the following form: (1) If executed without the United States: “I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (date).(Signature)”. (2) If executed within the United States, its territories, possessions, or commonwealths: “I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (date).(Signature)”.”
Only when you say it is for a U.S. district court civil case
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025 (official uscourts.gov PDF). Compared with official text on 2026-10-25; re-check due 2027-04-25.
“Unless the court orders otherwise, in an electronic or paper filing with the court that contains an individual’s social-security number, taxpayer-identification number, or birth date, the name of an individual known to be a minor, or a financial-account number, a party or nonparty making the filing may include only: (1) the last four digits of the social-security number and taxpayer-identification number; (2) the year of the individual’s birth; (3) the minor’s initials; and (4) the last four digits of the financial-account number.”
Only when you say it is for a U.S. district court civil case
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025 (official uscourts.gov PDF). Compared with official text on 2026-10-25; re-check due 2027-04-25.
“After giving public notice and an opportunity for comment, a district court, acting by a majority of its district judges, may adopt and amend rules governing its practice.”
U.S. federal civil filing-readiness baseline (Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2, 10, 11, 83)
Format and signature-block readiness for a paper you file yourself, unrepresented, in your own non-specialized U.S. district court civil case (as you selected): Rule 10 caption and numbered paragraphs for pleadings, Rule 11(a) signer details, Rule 5.2(a) default redactions. It does not review the substance of a motion, answer or claim.
Source-checked 2026-10-25 · re-check due 2027-04-25 · Lawyer / legal-service review: not reviewed
Not covered
Substantive legal sufficiency of any motion, answer, complaint or claim.
Filings for another person or for a business or organization (28 U.S.C. § 1654 covers parties' own cases personally or by counsel).
Habeas, immigration, Social Security benefits, bankruptcy and criminal matters, which have specialized rules.
Federal courts of appeals, the Supreme Court, the Court of Federal Claims, the Tax Court, and federal agencies.
State courts, local rules, judge-specific requirements, service methods, deadlines and fees.
You still need to check
The specific court's or agency's local rules, standing orders, instructions and required forms — not reviewed by DocDel.
How and when to file, submit or serve this paper — confirm with the court or agency.
Any deadline or filing fee — DocDel does not supply these; confirm with the court, agency or a qualified professional.
Whether the document is legally sufficient for its purpose — not reviewed by a lawyer.
Whether a Rule 5.2 redaction exemption, sealing order or court order applies to this filing.
Local rules adopted under Fed. R. Civ. P. 83 and how Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 filing and service apply to you.
Before signing, read Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b): signing certifies the paper's purpose and factual support to the best of your knowledge.
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025 (official uscourts.gov PDF). Compared with official text on 2026-10-25; re-check due 2027-04-25.
“Every pleading must have a caption with the court’s name, a title, a file number, and a Rule 7(a) designation. The title of the complaint must name all the parties; the title of other pleadings, after naming the first party on each side, may refer generally to other parties. (b) PARAGRAPHS; SEPARATE STATEMENTS. A party must state its claims or defenses in numbered paragraphs, each limited as far as practicable to a single set of circumstances.”
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025 (official uscourts.gov PDF). Compared with official text on 2026-10-25; re-check due 2027-04-25.
“Every pleading, written motion, and other paper must be signed by at least one attorney of record in the attorney’s name—or by a party personally if the party is unrepresented. The paper must state the signer’s address, e-mail address, and telephone number. Unless a rule or statute specifically states otherwise, a pleading need not be verified or accompanied by an affidavit.”
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025 (official uscourts.gov PDF). Compared with official text on 2026-10-25; re-check due 2027-04-25.
“Unless the court orders otherwise, in an electronic or paper filing with the court that contains an individual’s social-security number, taxpayer-identification number, or birth date, the name of an individual known to be a minor, or a financial-account number, a party or nonparty making the filing may include only: (1) the last four digits of the social-security number and taxpayer-identification number; (2) the year of the individual’s birth; (3) the minor’s initials; and (4) the last four digits of the financial-account number.”
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025 (official uscourts.gov PDF). Compared with official text on 2026-10-25; re-check due 2027-04-25.
“After giving public notice and an opportunity for comment, a district court, acting by a majority of its district judges, may adopt and amend rules governing its practice.”
United States Code Online, current through Public Law 119-124 (October 15, 2026). Compared with official text on 2026-10-25; re-check due 2027-04-25.
“In all courts of the United States the parties may plead and conduct their own cases personally or by counsel as, by the rules of such courts, respectively, are permitted to manage and conduct causes therein.”
Find your state’s official court resources
State court and state agency workflows are not source-checked in DocDel for any state yet, so documents for them are general information. These links come from the U.S. Department of Justice court resource directory (checked 2026-10-25). DOJ pages may also link to non-government sites.
