Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure

Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure

• Rule 1 Scope of Rules
• Rule 2 One Form of Action
• Rule 3 Commencement of Action
• Rule 3A Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
• Rule 4 Process
• Rule 4A Service Upon Defendant in a Foreign Country
• Rule 4B Service Upon Secretary of State as Agent for Service of Process
• Rule 5 Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers
• Rule 5A Facsimile Filing of Papers
• Rule 5B Electronic Filing, Signing, or Verification
• Rule 6 Time
• Rule 7 Pleading Allowed; Form of Motions
• Rule 8 General Rules of Pleading
• Rule 9 Pleading Special Matters
• Rule 9A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights; Content of Petition
• Rule 10 Form of Pleadings
• Rule 11 Signing of Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to Court; Sanctions
• Rule 12 Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented: By Pleading or Motion: Motion for Judgment on Pleadings
• Rule 13 Counterclaim and Cross-Claim
• Rule 14 Third-Party Practice
• Rule 15 Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
• Rule 16 Scheduling and Planning, Pretrial, and Final Pretrial Conferences and Orders
• Rule 17 Parties Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity
• Rule 18 Joinder of Claims and Remedies
• Rule 19 Joinder of Persons Needed for Just Adjudication
• Rule 20 Permissive Joinder of Parties
• Rule 21 Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties
• Rule 22 Interpleader
• Rule 23 Class Actions
• Rule 24 Intervention
• Rule 25 Substitution of Parties
• 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 Regarding Discovery Procedure
• Rule 30 Depositions Upon Oral Examination
• Rule 31 Depositions Upon Written Questions
• Rule 32 Use of Depositions in Court Proceedings
• Rule 33 Interrogatories to Parties
• Rule 34 Production of Documents and Things and Entry Upon Land for Inspection and Other Purposes
• Rule 34A Spoliation of Evidence
• Rule 35 Physical and Mental Examination of Persons
• Rule 36 Requests for Admission
• Rule 37 Failure to Make or Cooperate in Discovery: Sanctions
• Rule 38 Jury Trial of Right
• Rule 39 Trial by Jury or by the Court
• Rule 40 Setting Cases for Trial
• Rule 41 Dismissal of Actions
• Rule 42 Consolidation: Separate Trials
• Rule 43 Evidence
• Rule 43A Juror Information
• Rule 44 Reserved Reserved
• Rule 44A Interim Commentary
• Rule 45 Subpoena
• Rule 46 Exceptions Unnecessary
• Rule 47 Jurors
• Rule 48 Juries of Less Than Twelve: Majority Verdict
• Rule 49 Special Verdicts and Interrogatories
• Rule 50 Motion for a Directed Verdict
• Rule 51 Instructions to Jury: Objection
• Rule 52 Findings by the Court
• Rule 53 Masters
• Rule 54 Judgments and Costs
• Rule 55 Default
• Rule 56 Summary Judgment
• Rule 57 Declaratory Judgments
• Rule 58 Entry of Judgment
• Rule 59 New Trials and Alteration or Amendment of Judgments
• Rule 60 Relief From Judgments or Orders
• Rule 61 Reserved Reserved
• Rule 62 Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment
• Rule 63 Inability of a Judge to Proceed
• Rule 64 Seizure of Person or Property
• Rule 65 Injunctions
• Rule 65A Form of Security; Proceedings Against Sureties
• Rule 66 Receivers
• Rule 67 Deposit in Court
• Rule 68 Offer of Judgment
• Rule 69 Execution on Judgments
• Rule 70 Judgment for Specific Acts; Vesting Title
• Rule 71 Condemnation of Property
• Rule 72 Declarations Made Under Penalty of Perjury