Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.130

Attaching Copy of Cause of Action

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RULE 1.130. 	ATTACHING COPY OF CAUSE OF ACTION AND
EXHIBITS
(a) 	Instruments Attached. All bonds, notes, bills of
exchange, contracts, accounts, or documents on which action may
be brought or defense made, or a copy thereof or a copy of the
portions thereof material to the pleadings, must be incorporated in
or attached to the pleading. No documents shall be unnecessarily
annexed as exhibits. The pleadings must contain no unnecessary
recitals of deeds, documents, contracts, or other instruments.
(b) 	Part for All Purposes. Any exhibit attached to a pleading
must be considered a part thereof for all purposes. Statements in a
pleading may be adopted by reference in a different part of the same
pleading, in another pleading, or in any motion.

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