North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure
91 rules across 11 groups · 80 active
The North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure are cited as “N.D.R.Civ.P.” and were adopted by the Supreme Court of North Dakota under its rulemaking authority in Article VI, Section 3 of the North Dakota Constitution, exercised through the Court's standing Joint Procedure Committee. Browse the full set below, with verbatim rule text, the official Explanatory Notes the Committee publishes alongside the rules, and a plain-English summary for every rule.
I. Scope and Purpose of Rules--One Form of Action
Cited as N.D.R.Civ.P. · 2 active rules · 2 in the official compilation
II. Commencement of Action; Service of Process, Pleadings, Motions, and Orders
Cited as N.D.R.Civ.P. · 4 active rules · 4 in the official compilation
III. Pleadings and Motions
Cited as N.D.R.Civ.P. · 10 active rules · 10 in the official compilation
- Rule 7 Pleadings Allowed — Form of Motions
- Rule 8 General Rules of Pleading
- Rule 9 Pleading Special Matters
- Rule 10 Form of Pleadings
- Rule 11 Signing of Pleadings, Motions and Other Papers; Representation to Court; Sanctions
- Rule 12 Defenses and Objections: When and How; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidation and Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing
- Rule 13 Counterclaim and Crossclaim
- Rule 14 Third-Party Practice
- Rule 15 Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
- Rule 16 Pretrial Conferences, Scheduling, Management
IV. Parties
Cited as N.D.R.Civ.P. · 9 active rules · 11 in the official compilation
- Rule 17 Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity
- Rule 18 Joinder of Claims and Remedies
- Rule 19 Required Joinder of Parties
- Rule 20 Permissive Joinder of Parties
- Rule 21 Misjoinder and Non-Joinder of Parties
- Rule 22 Interpleader
- Rule 23 Class Actions
- Rule 23.1 Reserved Reserved
- Rule 23.2 Reserved Reserved
- Rule 24 Intervention
- Rule 25 Substitution of Parties
V. Depositions and Discovery
Cited as N.D.R.Civ.P. · 12 active rules · 13 in the official compilation
- Rule 26 General Provisions Governing Discovery
- Rule 27 Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal
- Rule 28 Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken
- Rule 29 Stipulations About Discovery Procedure
- Rule 30 Depositions by Oral Examination
- Rule 30.1 Uniform Audio-Visual Deposition Rule Repealed
- Rule 31 Depositions by Written Questions
- Rule 32 Using Depositions in Court Proceedings
- Rule 33 Interrogatories to Parties
- Rule 34 Producing Documents, Electronically Stored Information and Tangible Things, or Entering onto Land, for Inspection and Other Purposes
- Rule 35 Physical and Mental Examination
- Rule 36 Requests for Admission
- Rule 37 Failure to Make or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions
VI. Trials
Cited as N.D.R.Civ.P. · 18 active rules · 18 in the official compilation
- Rule 38 Right to a Jury Trial; Demand
- Rule 39 Trial by Jury or by the Court
- Rule 39.1 Change in Location of a Hearing, Proceeding, or Trial; Change of Venue
- Rule 40 Assignment of Cases for Trial
- Rule 41 Dismissal of Actions
- Rule 42 Consolidation; Separate Trials
- Rule 43 Evidence
- Rule 44 Proving an Official Record
- Rule 44.1 Determining Foreign Law
- Rule 45 Subpoena
- Rule 46 Objecting to a Ruling or Order
- Rule 47 Jurors
- Rule 48 Number of Jurors; Verdict
- Rule 49 Special Verdict; General Verdict and Questions
- Rule 50 Judgment as a Matter of Law in a Jury Trial; Related Motion for a New Trial; Conditional Ruling
- Rule 51 Instructions to Jury
- Rule 52 Findings and Conclusions in a Nonjury Proceeding; Judgment on Partial Findings
- Rule 53 Masters
VII. Judgment
Cited as N.D.R.Civ.P. · 10 active rules · 10 in the official compilation
- Rule 54 Judgment; Costs
- Rule 55 Default; Default Judgment
- Rule 56 Summary Judgments
- Rule 57 Declaratory Judgments
- Rule 58 Entry and Notice of Entry of Judgment
- Rule 59 New Trial; Amending a Judgment
- Rule 60 Relief From a Judgment or Order
- Rule 61 Harmless Error
- Rule 62 Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment
- Rule 63 Judge's Inability to Proceed
VIII. Provisional and Final Remedies and Special Proceedings
Cited as N.D.R.Civ.P. · 8 active rules · 8 in the official compilation
IX. Appeals
Cited as N.D.R.Civ.P. · 0 active rules · 5 in the official compilation
- Rule 72 Reserved Reserved
- Rule 73 Reserved Reserved
- Rule 74 Reserved Reserved
- Rule 75 Reserved Reserved
- Rule 76 Reserved Reserved
X. District Courts and Clerks
Cited as N.D.R.Civ.P. · 2 active rules · 4 in the official compilation
- Rule 77 District Courts and Clerks
- Rule 78 Reserved Reserved
- Rule 79 Reserved Reserved
- Rule 80 Transcript as Evidence
XI. General Provisions
Cited as N.D.R.Civ.P. · 5 active rules · 6 in the official compilation
Rules 23.1, 23.2, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 79, and 82 are printed in the official rules as "[Reserved]" with no operative rule text (Rules 72-76 and 78-79 are each printed as one combined document covering the whole range); Rule 30.1 (Uniform Audio-Visual Deposition Rule) is printed as "[Repealed.]" All are shown unlinked. Group IX ("Appeals") contains only Rules 72-76, all reserved, and so has no active rules of its own.