Article 155. Return of the statement of claim

The judge shall return the statement of claim and the documents attached thereto if:

1) the form and contents of the statement of claim established in article 149 of this Code have not been observed;

11) the plaintiff did not comply with the judge's instruction provided for by part three of Article 152 of this Code within the prescribed period;

2) the statement of claim has not been signed or signed by a person who does not have the right to sign it, or by a person whose official position or surname and initials are not indicated;

3) the case is beyond the competence of this court;

4) several related demands, some of which fall within the jurisdiction of a civil or administrative court, and others fall under the jurisdiction of an economic court, have been combined;

5) evidence of sending copies of the statement of claim and documents attached to it to the defendant and third parties has not been provided;

6) no documents have been submitted confirming the payment of the state duty and postage in the prescribed order and amount, and in cases where the law provides for the possibility of deferment and installment payment of the state duty, there has been no petition for that or the petition has been rejected;

7) the plaintiff has not submitted documents confirming compliance with the pre-trial (claim) procedure for settling a dispute with the respondent, when this is provided by law for this category of disputes or by the contract;

71) the plaintiff has not submitted documents confirming the observance of the mediation procedure for settling the dispute with the respondent, when it is provided by law for this category of disputes or by the contract;

8) one statement of claim combines several demands to one or several respondents, when these demands are not connected with each other;

9) no evidence has been submitted of addressing to the bank or other credit organization to collect the indebtedness from the respondent, when according to the legislation or the contract the indebtedness must be collected through the bank or other credit organization;

10) prior to adoption of a ruling on acceptance of the statement of claim to proceedings, a statement from the plaintiff has been received on returning of the statement of claim.

The judge shall return a counterclaim that does not meet the requirements of part two of article 160 of this Code.