Contents of Certification Request

A certification request shall set forth: (1) The questions of law to be answered; (2) a finding or stipulation approved by the court setting forth all facts relevant to answering the questions certified and showing fully the nature of the controversy in which the questions arose; (3) that the receiving court may reformulate the questions; and (4) the names and addresses of counsel of record. The questions presented should be such as will be determinative of the case, and it must appear that their present determination would be in the interest of simplicity, directness and economy of judicial action. All questions presented shall be specific and shall be phrased so as to require a Yes or No answer, wherever possible. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 4170.) (Amended Nov. 4, 2004, to take effect Jan. 1, 2005; amended Sept. 16, 2015, to take effect Jan. 1, 2016; amended July 19, 2022, to take effect Jan. 1, 2023; amended July 15, 2025; to take effect Jan. 1, 2026.) HISTORY—2026: What had been the fourth paragraph concerning the certificate of interested entities or individuals was deleted. COMMENTARY—2026: The purpose of this amendment is to provide that parties are required to file a certificate of interested entities or individuals only when the reviewing court orders the parties to file the certificate when necessary.