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Polk County Supplementary Local Rules (2026) · physical PDF page 20 · 2026

Twelfth Judicial District – Polk County – February 1, 2026 
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APPENDIX 1 
(See SLR 8.073) 
NOTICE   
You must file an answer in writing to this Order, within thirty (30) days from the date this Order is served 
upon you.  If you do not file a written answer within such time, the other side may automatically be 
given the relief against you which the other side is requesting in the attached motion. 
In order to file an answer in writing, you must do the following things: 
(1) Your written answer must contain the title and number of this case. 
(2) Your written answer must specify the item or items of relief requested by the other side 
which you oppose. (You do not need to state the reasons why you oppose the relief; you 
need only to state that you do oppose the relief.) 
(3) Your written answer must be signed by you and must contain your current mailing 
address and phone number. All future notices and documents in this case will be sent to 
you at the address listed on your written answer unless and until you file in this case a 
written notice of such change of address, and the court will proceed on the assumption 
that you have received all communications and documents mailed to you at your most 
current address on file in this case. 
(4) Your written answer must be mailed or presented and received by the clerk of the court 
within the time stated above. 
(5) Your written answer must be accompanied by payment of any filing fee required by law 
for the filing of the answer, or you must obtain a court order waiving or deferring such 
filing fee.  You should contact the clerk of the court if you have any question concerning 
the filing fee. 
(6) At or before the time you file your written answer with the clerk of the court, you must 
mail a copy of the answer to the attorney for the other side, or to the other side 
personally if the other side is not represented by an attorney, and you must attach to 
the answer which you file with the clerk a certificate showing that you have mailed a 
copy of the answer to the attorney for the other side or to the other side personally if 
the other side is not represented by an attorney.  If you file a written answer in the 
manner and within the time stated above, the court will schedule a hearing to decide 
whether or not to grant the relief requested by the other side, and you will be notified 
by mail of the date and time of such hearing. However, you will not be entitled to seek 
any relief for yourself against the other side.  If you wish to seek affirmative relief for 
yourself against the other side, you must file an appropriate motion or motions for such 
relief, and, you must mail a copy of such motion or motions to the attorney for the

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