---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 4.1011"
title: "43"
number: "4.1011"
heading: "What are the form and content requirements for documents under this subpart?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/4.1011"
---

# §4.1011. What are the form and content requirements for documents under this subpart?

- (a) **Form.** Each document filed in a case under this subpart must:
  - (1) Measure 8-1/2 by 11 inches, except that a table, chart, diagram, or other attachment may be larger if folded to 8-1/2 by 11 inches and attached to the document;
  - (2) Be printed on just one side of the page;
  - (3) Be clearly typewritten, printed, or otherwise reproduced by a process that yields legible and permanent copies;
  - (4) Use 12-point font size or larger;
  - (5) Be double-spaced except for footnotes and long quotations, which may be single-spaced;
  - (6) Have margins of at least 1 inch; and
  - (7) **Be bound on the left side, if bound.**
- (b) **Caption.** Each document must begin with a caption that includes:
  - (1) The name of the case under this subpart and the docket number, if one has been assigned;
  - (2) The name and docket number of the proceeding to which the case under this subpart relates; and
  - (3) A descriptive title for the document, indicating the party for whom it is filed and the nature of the document.
- (c) **Signature.** The original of each document must be signed by the representative of the person for whom the document is filed. The signature constitutes a certification by the representative that:
  - (1) He or she has read the document;
  - (2) The statements in the document are true to the best of his or her knowledge, information, and belief; and
  - (3) **The document is not being filed for the purpose of causing delay.**
- (d) **Contact information.** Below the representative's signature, the document must provide the representative's name, mailing address, street address (if different), telephone number, facsimile number (if any), and electronic mail address (if any).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 479a-1.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 48459, Aug. 13, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 503-504; 25 U.S.C. 9, 372-74, 410, 2201 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1457; Pub. L. 99-264, 100 Stat. 61, as amended.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 7186, Apr. 15, 1971, unless otherwise noted.