§ Rule 7.1 Disclosure Statement

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Rule 7.1 Disclosure Statement

(a) Who Must File; Nongovernmental Corporate Party.A nongovernmental corporate party to an action or proceeding must file two copies of a statement that identifies any parent corporation and any publicly held corporation that owns 10% or more of its stock or states that there is no such corporation.

(b) Time for Filing; Supplemental Filing.A party must (Subject to 7.1(c)):

(1) file the Rule 7.1(a) statement with its first appearance, pleading, petition, motion, response, or other request addressed to the Court, and

(2) promptly file a supplemental statement upon any change in the information that the statement requires.

(c)A plaintiff need not file a statement in a case filed pursuant to Civil Rule 40-III(a) unless the defendant files a responsive pleading or otherwise appears to contest the allegations contained in the complaint. In a case in which such a pleading is filed or a defendant appears, the statement shall be filed promptly.