Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure
Current through 2025
Chapter I · SCOPE OF RULES AND MANDATORY ELECTRONIC FILLING— ONE FORM OF ACTION
Chapter II · COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS, PLEADING, MOTIONS, AND ORDERS
Chapter III · PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS
- 7 Pleadings Allowed — Form of Motions Deadlines
- 8 General Rules of Pleading
- 9 Pleading Special Matters
- 10 Form of Pleadings
- 11 Signing of Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Sanctions
- 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 Deadlines
- 15 Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
- 16 Pre-Trial Procedure — Formulating Issues
Chapter IV · PARTIES
- 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 Nonjoinder of Parties
- 22 Interpleader
- 23 Class Actions
- 23.1 Derivative Actions by Shareholders
- 23.2 Derivative Action-Unincorporated Associations
- 24 Intervention
- 25 Substitution of Parties
Chapter IX · APPEALS
Chapter V · DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY
- 26 General Provisions Governing Discovery; Duty of Disclosure
- 27 Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal
- 28 Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken
- 29 Stipulations Regarding the Taking of Depositions
- 30 Depositions Upon Oral Examination
- 31 Depositions Upon Written Questions
- 32 Use of Depositions in Court Proceedings
- 33 Interrogatories to Parties Deadlines
- 34 Production of Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Things; Entry Upon Land for Inspection for Other Purposes
- 35 Physical and Mental Examination of Persons
- 36 Requests for Admission
- 37 Failure to Make or Cooperate in Discovery: Sanctions
Chapter VI · TRIALS
- 38 Jury Trial of Right Deadlines
- 39 Trial by Jury or by the Court
- 40 Assignment of Cases for Trial—Continuances
- 41 Dismissal of Actions
- 42 Consolidation — Separate Trials
- 43 Evidence
- 44 Proof of Official Record
- 44.1 Determination of Foreign Law
- 45 Subpoena
- 46 Exceptions Unnecessary
- 47 Jurors
- 48 Number of Jurors
- 49 Special Verdicts and Interrogatories
- 50 Judgment as a Matter of Law in Actions Tried by Jury; Alternative Motion for New Trial; Conditional Rulings Deadlines
- 51 Argument of Counsel — Instructions to Jury
- 52 Findings by the Court; Judgment on Partial Findings Deadlines
- 53 Masters