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A Division of the Library

Forms

Court-approved forms, registers, and recorder instruments.

§ I

Introduction

Scope of the Division

Forms

137 catalogued

The Division of Forms holds the instruments by which proceedings are commenced, recorded, and closed. Each form is catalogued with the rule, statute, or office that prescribes it.

§ II

What Belongs Here

The materials catalogued in this division.

A division collects materials of a single kind. The following are the working classes of record.

  1. 01

    Official forms of the federal courts and bankruptcy courts

  2. 02

    State court forms and self-help packets of the courts of record

  3. 03

    Recorder and registrar instruments of common use

§ III

Research Notes

How the division is read.

Notes for the reader on how the materials are catalogued and consulted.

  1. 01

    A form is a record-keeping instrument; correctness in its completion is a matter for the rule it implements.

  2. 02

    Local forms supersede general forms where the local court has so provided.

§ IV

Featured Authorities

A working selection from the division.

The following are representative entries. They have been catalogued and reviewed; the longer record opens by catalogue search.

  1. Official Form 410

    Proof of Claim

    United States Bankruptcy Courts · Official Form · Current

    Source · Administrative Office of the United States Courts

    X. FormsCurrent
  2. AO 440

    Summons in a Civil Action — Catalogue

    United States District Courts · Official Form · Current

    Source · Administrative Office of the United States Courts

    X. FormsPlaceholder — record in preparation

§ V

Related Collections

Subjects that draw upon this division.

The following Research Collections gather authority from this division alongside materials from elsewhere in the catalogue.

Collection

Foreclosure

Judicial and non-judicial foreclosure, with the rules of procedure and the recorded record.

Draws from · Statutes · Court Rules · Forms

§ VII

Related Schools

Departments that read this division.

The Schools below draw their reading from this division. Each enters the Library by way of its own bibliography.

§ VIII

Bibliographic Note

How this division is cited.

Forms are cited by issuing court or office and form number.

Official Form 410 (Proof of Claim) (2025)
Specimen form · Division of Forms

§ IX

Within the Library

Divisions that read alongside this one.

Authority does not respect divisional boundaries. The following divisions are consulted together with this one.

§ X

Authority Discovery

Browse this division by metadata.

These indexes are alternative metadata views of the same canonical authority records. They are not separate collections or archives.

Admission

Read the Forms division alongside the founding cohort.

Founding Members enter every School of the Academy and every division of the Library. Tuition and dues are not yet open.

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