The Caption

This tells the court what lawsuit you are answering. MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS CORRECT!

If you have the wrong information here, they might put it in the wrong file. If that happens, they won’t know you answered, and you could lose the case automatically.

You can copy this information from the caption of the Complaint you were served.

The Case Number (No.), also called the Docket No., needs to be the same one the Plaintiff uses. In most cases, this should be printed sideways down the right-hand margin of each page.