North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure

1 Scope of Rules 2 One Form of Action

3 Commencing an Action 4 Persons Subject to Jurisdiction; Process; Service 5 Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Documents 6 Computing and Extending Time; Time for Motion Papers

7 Pleadings Allowed--Form of Motions 8 General Rules of Pleading 9 Pleading Special Matters 10 Form of Pleadings 11 Signing of Pleadings, Motions and Other Papers; Representations to Court; Sanctions 12 Defenses and Objections: When and How; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidation and Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing 13 Counterclaim and Crossclaim 14 Third-Party Practice 15 Amended and Supplemental Pleadings 16 Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management

17 Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity 18 Joinder of Claims and Remedies 19 Required Joinder of Parties 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 Deposition Before Action or Pending Appeal 28 Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken 29 Stipulations About Discovery Procedure 30 Depositions by Oral Examination 30.1 Uniform Audio-Visual Deposition Rule [Repealed] 31 Depositions by Written Questions 32 Using Depositions in Court Proceedings 33 Interrogatories to Parties 34 Producing Documents, Electronically Stored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 36 Requests for Admission 37 Failure to Make or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions

38 Right to a Jury Trial; Demand 39 Trial by Jury or by the Court 39.1 Change in Location of a Hearing, Proceeding, or Trial; Change of Venue 40 Assignment of Cases for Trial 41 Dismissal of Actions 42 Consolidation; Separate Trials 43 Evidence 44 Proving an Official Record 44.1 Determining Foreign Law 45 Subpoena 46 Objecting to a Ruling or Order 47 Jurors 48 Number of Jurors; Verdict 49 Special Verdict; General Verdict and Questions 50 Judgment as a Matter of Law in a Jury Trial; Related Motion for a New Trial; Conditional Ruling 51 Instructions to Jury 52 Findings and Conclusions in a Nonjury Proceeding; Judgment on Partial Findings 53 Masters

54 Judgment; Costs 55 Default; Default Judgment 56 Summary Judgment 57 Declaratory Judgments 58 Entry and Notice of Entry of Judgment 59 New Trial; Amending a Judgment 60 Relief From a Judgment or Order 61 Harmless Error 62 Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment 63 Judge's Inability to Proceed

64 Seizing Property 65 Injunctions 66 Receivers 67 Deposit Into Court 68 Offer of Settlement or Confession of Judgment; Tender 69 Execution 70 Enforcing a Judgment for a Specific Act 71 Process in Behalf of and Against Persons Not Parties

77 District Courts and Clerks 80 Transcript as Evidence

81 Applicability of the Rules in General 82 [Reserved for Future Use] 83 Practice When Procedure Is Not Specified 84 Appendix of Forms 85 Title and Citation 86 Effective Dates--Statutes Superseded