Purpose of Procedure
Requests for admissions help narrow the scope of the controversy by getting certain admissions or denials of issues relevant to the lawsuit on record before a trial takes place. While evidence introduced at trial can be rebutted, admissions which are on record must be taken as true unless the judge permits them to be withdrawn or amended. Thus, requests for admission can obviate the need for presentation of some evidence and make the actual trial shorter and more efficient.
Also, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure have placed twenty-five questions per party limitations on the use of interrogatories, but there is no numerical limit in FRCP on the request for admissions (unless specified differently in Local Rules of the state, which most states do have). In California, requests for admissions are generally limited to the numerical limit of 35. However, a party in California who wishes for additional requests for admissions may make a declaration for additional discovery.
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