1
Scope of Rules
2
One Form of Action
3
Commencement of Action
4
Process
5
Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers
6
Time
7
Pleadings Allowed: Form of Motions
8
General Rules of Pleading
9
Pleading Special Matters
10
Form of Pleadings
1A
Transitional Rule for District Court Litigation in Progress on July 1, 1996 [Repealed]
1B
Transitional Rule for Probate Accounts in Litigation on July 1, 1977 [Deleted]
11
Appearances and Pleadings
12
Defenses and Objections - When and How Presented - By Pleading or Motion - Motion for Judgment on Pleadings
13
Counterclaim and Cross-Claim
14
Third-Party Practice
15
Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
16
Pre-Trial Procedure: Formulating Issues
17
Parties Plaintiff and Defendant: Capacity
18
Joinder of Claims and Remedies
19
Joinder of Persons Needed for Just Adjudication
20
Permissive Joinder of Parties
21
Misjoinder and Non-Joinder of Parties
22
Interpleader
23
Class Actions
24
Intervention
25
Substitution of Parties
26
General Provisions Governing Discovery
27
Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal
28
Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken
29
Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure
30
Depositions Upon Oral Examination
31
Depositions of Witnesses Upon Written Questions
32
Use of Depositions in Court Proceedings
33
Interrogatories to Parties
34
Producing Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering Onto Land, for Inspection and Other Purposes
35
Physical and Mental Examination of Persons
36
Requests for Admission
37
Failure to Make Discovery: Sanctions
38
Jury Trial of Right
39
Trial by Jury or by the Court
40
Assignment of Cases for Trial: Continuances
4.1
Attachment
4.2
Trustee Process
4.3
Arrest: Supplementary Process: Ne Exeat
41
Dismissal of Actions
42
Consolidation: Separate Trials
43
Evidence
44
Proof of Official Records
45
Subpoena
46
Exceptions Unnecessary
47
Jurors
48
Number of Jurors -- Majority Verdict
49
Special Verdicts and Interrogatories
50
Motion for a Directed Verdict and for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict
51
Argument: Instructions to Jury
52
Findings by the Court
53
Masters
54
Judgments: Costs
55
Default
56
Summary Judgment
57
Declaratory Judgment
58
Entry of Judgment
59
New Trials: Amendment of Judgments
60
Relief from Judgment or Order
61
Harmless Error
62
Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment
63
Unavailability of a Judge; Receipt of Verdict
64
Report of Case
65
Injunctions
66
Receivers
67
Deposit in Court
68
Offer of Judgment
69
Execution
70
Judgment for Specific Acts: Vesting Title
71
Process in Behalf of and Against Persons Not Parties
72
Probate Accounts [Repealed]
77
Courts and Clerks
78
Motion Day
79
Books and Records Kept by the Clerk and Entries Therein
80
Stenographic Report or Transcript
8.1
Special Requirements for Certain Consumer Debts
81
Applicability of Rules
82
Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected
83
Supplemental Rules
84
Forms [Repealed]
85
Title
23.1
Derivative Actions by Shareholders
23.2
Actions Relating to Unincorporated Associations
30A
Audiovisual Depositions & Audiovisual Evidence [Repealed effective September 1, 2022]
44.1
Determination of Foreign Law
55.1
Special Requirements for Defaults and Default Judgments for Certain Consumer Debts
64A
Requests for Rulings of Law in District Court [Repealed]
65.1
Security: Proceedings Against Sureties
65.2
Redelivery of Goods or Chattels
65.3
Proceedings for Civil Contempt