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:

(A) original signatures;

(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.