Rule 7.1.Disclosure Statement

Last amended December 1, 2022 · Last verified June 30, 2026

In one sentenceRule 7.1 requires a nongovernmental corporate party to file a statement naming any parent corporation and any publicly held company owning 10% or more of its stock, and requires parties to disclose the citizenship information that supports diversity jurisdiction.

Full Text of Rule 7.1

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(a) Who Must File; Contents.

(1) Nongovernmental Corporations. A nongovernmental corporate party or a nongovernmental corporation that seeks to intervene must file a statement that:

(A) identifies any parent corporation and any publicly held corporation owning 10% or more of its stock; or

(B) states that there is no such corporation.

(2) Parties or Intervenors in a Diversity Case. In an action in which jurisdiction is based on diversity under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), a party or intervenor must, unless the court orders otherwise, file a disclosure statement. The statement must name— and identify the citizenship of—every individual or entity whose citizenship is attributed to that party or intervenor:

(A) when the action is filed in or removed to federal court, and

(B) when any later event occurs that could affect the court's jurisdiction under § 1332(a).

(b) Time to File; Supplemental Filing. A party, intervenor, or proposed intervenor must:

(1) file the disclosure statement with its first appearance, pleading, petition, motion, response, or other request addressed to the court; and

(2) promptly file a supplemental statement if any required information changes.

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Amendment History

(Adopted April 29, 2002, effective December 1, 2002; April 30, 2007, effective December 1, 2007; April 11, 2022, effective December 1, 2022.)

Plain-English Summary

Rule 7.1 gives judges the information they need to spot conflicts and confirm jurisdiction. A nongovernmental corporate party must file a short statement that identifies any parent corporation and any publicly held corporation owning 10% or more of its stock, or state that there is no such corporation. The disclosure helps a judge decide whether to recuse based on a financial interest.

An amendment effective December 1, 2022 added a second job: in an action where jurisdiction rests on diversity of citizenship, a party must name and disclose the citizenship of every individual or entity whose citizenship is attributed to that party. The statement must be filed with a party’s first appearance and promptly supplemented if the information changes.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who must file a Rule 7.1 disclosure statement?

Every nongovernmental corporate party, and — in a diversity case — any party whose citizenship matters to jurisdiction.

What does the Rule 7.1 disclosure statement require?

Naming any parent corporation and any publicly held company that owns 10% or more of the party’s stock, and, in a diversity case, disclosing the citizenship of those whose citizenship is attributed to the party.

Source & verification. The rule text and amendment history are reproduced verbatim from the official Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1), a public-domain work of the U.S. Government. Prescribed by the United States Supreme Court under the Rules Enabling Act. The plain-English summary is original and written by us. Last verified June 30, 2026. · Official source

Also known as: FRCP 7.1Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1corporate disclosure statementparent corporation disclosurediversity jurisdiction disclosure