Difference between revisions of "How Do I Prepare an Affidavit?"

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When you attach an exhibit, you have to introduce it in your affidavit. You can't just attach reams of documents to the back, you have to explain what the document is in your affidavit and say that the document you are attaching is a "true copy" of the original. Each exhibit is identified sequentially by a letter, "A", "B", "C" and so forth. For example:
When you attach an exhibit, you have to introduce it in your affidavit. You can't just attach reams of documents to the back, you have to explain what the document is in your affidavit and say that the document you are attaching is a "true copy" of the original. Each exhibit is identified sequentially by a letter, "A", "B", "C" and so forth. For example:


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<li>I have a lovely home on two acres of <span class="noglossary">land</span>. There are three bedrooms, a sauna, an outdoor swimming pool and a private petting zoo for when Michael comes over. Attached to this my Affidavit as EXHIBIT "G" are true copies of photographs of my home.
<li>I have a lovely home on two acres of <span class="noglossary">land</span>. There are three bedrooms, a sauna, an outdoor swimming pool and a private petting zoo for when Michael comes over. Attached to this my Affidavit as EXHIBIT "G" are true copies of photographs of my home.
<li>My home is worth about $350,000. Attached to this my Affidavit as EXHIBIT "H" is a true copy of the 2013 BC Assessment for my home.
<li>My home is worth about $350,000. Attached to this my Affidavit as EXHIBIT "H" is a true copy of the 2013 BC Assessment for my home.
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Each separate exhibit is marked as an exhibit and shows which exhibit it is. Lawyers and notaries public <span class="noglossary">will</span> have a stamp that they use to give the basic information. The stamp says something like this:
Each separate exhibit is marked as an exhibit and shows which exhibit it is. Lawyers and notaries public <span class="noglossary">will</span> have a stamp that they use to give the basic information. The stamp says something like this:

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