Current through August 12, 2025 (2026 Practice Book edition) · Last verified July 9, 2026
In one sentenceThis rule requires interrogatories to be answered under oath and served within sixty days of the certification of service, sets format rules for the answers, and explains how objecting to some interrogatories affects the duty to answer the rest.
(a)Any such interrogatories shall be answered under oath by the party to whom directed and such answers shall not be filed with the court but shall be served within sixty days after the date of certification of service, in accordance with Sections 10-12 through 10-17, of the interrogatories or, if applicable, the notice of interrogatories on the answering party, or within such shorter or longer time as the judicial authority may allow, unless:
(1)Counsel file with the court a written stipulation extending the time within which answers or objections may be served; or
(2)Upon motion, the judicial authority allows a longer time; or
(3)Objections to the interrogatories and the reasons therefor are filed and served within the sixty day period.
(b)All answers to interrogatories shall: (1) repeat immediately before each answer the interrogatory being answered; and (2) be signed by the person making them.
(c)A party objecting to one or more interrogatories shall file an objection in accordance with Section 13-8.
(d)Objection by a party to certain of the interrogatories directed to such party shall not relieve that party of the obligation to answer the interrogatories to which he or she has not objected within the sixty day period.
(e)The party serving interrogatories or the notice of interrogatories may move for an order under Section 13-14 with respect to any failure to answer.
Amendment History
(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 224.) (Amended June 28, 1999, to take effect Jan. 1, 2000; amended June 20, 2011, to take effect Jan. 1, 2012; amended June 12, 2015, to take effect Jan. 1, 2016; amended June 24, 2016, to take effect Jan. 1, 2017.)
Plain-English Summary
Section 13-7(a) requires that interrogatories be answered under oath by the party to whom they were directed, with the answers served — not filed with the court — within sixty days after the date of certification of service of the interrogatories or notice of interrogatories, unless the judicial authority sets a shorter or longer period. That sixty-day deadline does not apply if counsel file a written stipulation extending the time, the judicial authority allows more time on motion, or objections and the reasons for them are filed and served within the sixty days. Subsection (b) requires that each answer repeat the interrogatory being answered immediately before it and be signed by the person who made it.
Subsection (c) directs that objections to interrogatories be filed under Section 13-8. Subsection (d) makes clear that objecting to some interrogatories does not excuse the objecting party from answering, within the sixty-day period, the interrogatories it did not object to. Subsection (e) allows the party who served the interrogatories or notice of interrogatories to move for an order under Section 13-14 if the other party fails to answer.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does a party have to answer interrogatories in Connecticut?
Section 13-7(a) gives the answering party sixty days from the date of certification of service of the interrogatories, unless the judicial authority sets a different time, the parties stipulate to an extension, or objections are filed within that period.
Must interrogatory answers be under oath?
Yes. Section 13-7(a) requires that interrogatories be answered under oath by the party to whom they are directed.
If a party objects to some interrogatories, must it still answer the rest on time?
Yes. Section 13-7(d) states that objecting to certain interrogatories does not relieve the objecting party of the obligation to answer, within the sixty-day period, the interrogatories to which it did not object.
What happens if a party fails to answer interrogatories?
Section 13-7(e) lets the serving party move for an order under Section 13-14 to address the failure to answer.
Source & verification. The section text is reproduced verbatim from the
official Connecticut Practice Book (Conn. Practice Book § 13-7). Prescribed by the Judges of the Superior Court of Connecticut (Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 51-14). The plain-English summary is original and written by us. Last verified July 9, 2026. ·
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