§ 9-11-125.Form of request for admission under Code Section 9-11-36

Not every fact in a lawsuit stays in dispute once the parties look closely, and forcing both sides to prove undisputed points wastes time and money. This form shows how a party asks the opponent to admit specific facts and documents up front, narrowing what remains to be fought over.

The request opens by setting a deadline — a stated number of days after service — and by clarifying that any admissions given apply “for the purpose of this action only,” and remain “subject to all pertinent objections to admissibility which may be interposed at the trial.” Two numbered categories follow: an admission that each of a list of exhibited documents is genuine, and an admission that each of a list of statements is true.

Those limits matter as much as the requests themselves. An admission here settles the fact for this case alone, and admitting a document is genuine does not waive any argument that it should be kept out of evidence at trial for other reasons.

Used well, this device lets the parties and the court focus discovery and trial preparation on the facts that remain contested, rather than relitigating points nobody disputes.