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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

(As amended to December 1, 2010)1

  • RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE FOR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS
  • TITLE I. SCOPE OF RULES; FORM OF ACTION
  • TITLE II. COMMENCING AN ACTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS, PLEADINGS, MOTIONS, AND ORDERS
    • Rule 3. Commencing an Action
    • Rule 4. Summons
    • Rule 4.1. Serving Other Process
    • Rule 5. Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
    • Rule 5.1. Constitutional Challenge to a Statute—Notice, Certification, and Intervention
    • Rule 5.2. Privacy Protection For Filings Made with the Court
    • Rule 6. Computing and Extending Time; Time for Motion Papers
  • TITLE III. PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS
    • Rule 7. Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions and Other Papers
    • Rule 7.1. Disclosure Statement
    • Rule 8. General Rules of Pleading
    • Rule 9. Pleading Special Matters
    • Rule 10. Form of Pleadings
    • Rule 11. Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions
    • Rule 12. Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; 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
  • TITLE IV. PARTIES
  • TITLE V. DISCLOSURES AND DISCOVERY
    • Rule 26. Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery
    • Rule 27. Depositions to Perpetuate Testimony
    • Rule 28. Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken
    • Rule 29. Stipulations About Discovery Procedure
    • Rule 30. Depositions by Oral Examination
    • 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 Examinations
    • Rule 36. Requests for Admission
    • Rule 37. Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions
  • TITLE VI. TRIALS
    • Rule 38. Right to a Jury Trial; Demand
    • Rule 39. Trial by Jury or by the Court
    • Rule 40. Scheduling Cases for Trial
    • Rule 41. Dismissal of Actions
    • Rule 42. Consolidation; Separate Trials
    • Rule 43. Taking Testimony
    • 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. Selecting Jurors
    • Rule 48. Number of Jurors; Verdict; Polling
    • 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 the Jury; Objections; Preserving a Claim of Error
    • Rule 52. Findings and Conclusions by the Court; Judgment on Partial Findings
    • Rule 53. Masters
  • TITLE VII. JUDGMENT
    • Rule 54. Judgment; Costs
    • Rule 55. Default; Default Judgment
    • Rule 56. Summary Judgment
    • Rule 57. Declaratory Judgment
    • Rule 58. Entering Judgment
    • Rule 59. New Trial; Altering or 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 62.1. Indicative Ruling on a Motion for Relief That is Barred by a Pending Appeal
    • Rule 63. Judge's Inability to Proceed
  • TITLE VIII. PROVISIONAL AND FINAL REMEDIES
  • TITLE IX. SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
    • Rule 71.1. Condemning Real or Personal Property
    • Rule 72. Magistrate Judges: Pretrial Order
    • Rule 73. Magistrate Judges: Trial by Consent; Appeal
    • Rule 74. [Abrogated (Apr. 11, 1997, eff. Dec. 1, 1997).]
    • Rule 75. [Abrogated (Apr. 11, 1997, eff. Dec. 1, 1997).]
    • Rule 76. [Abrogated (Apr. 11, 1997, eff. Dec. 1, 1997).]
    • [Rule 71A. Renumbered Rule 71.1]
  • TITLE X. DISTRICT COURTS AND CLERKS: CONDUCTING BUSINESS; ISSUING ORDERS
    • Rule 77. Conducting Business; Clerk's Authority; Notice of an Order or Judgment
    • Rule 78. Hearing Motions; Submission on Briefs
    • Rule 79. Records Kept by the Clerk
    • Rule 80. Stenographic Transcript as Evidence
  • TITLE XI. GENERAL PROVISIONS
    • Rule 81. Applicability of the Rules in General; Removed Actions
    • Rule 82. Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected
    • Rule 83. Rules by District Courts; Judge's Directives
    • Rule 84. Forms
    • Rule 85. Title
    • Rule 86. Effective Dates
  • XII. APPENDIX OF FORMS (U.S. Courts site)
  • XIII. SUPPLEMENTAL RULES FOR ADMIRALTY OR MARITIME CLAIMS AND ASSET FORFEITURE ACTIONS
    • Rule A. Scope of Rules
    • Rule B. In Personam Actions: Attachment and Garnishment
    • Rule C. In Rem Actions: Special Provisions
    • Rule D. Possessory, Petitory, and Partition Actions
    • Rule E. Actions in Rem and Quasi in Rem: General Provisions
    • Rule F. Limitation of Liability
    • Rule G. Forfeiture Actions in Rem
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