Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure
118 rules across 10 titles · 113 active
Idaho's civil-procedure rules are cited as “I.R.C.P.” and were adopted by the Supreme Court of Idaho under its constitutional rulemaking authority, organized into 10 titles. Each rule carries the Court's official commentary where one exists, amendment history, and a plain-English summary.
Plain-English guides Browse Idaho guides →Title I. General Administration
Cited as I.R.C.P. · 15 active rules · 15 in the official compilation
- Rule 1 Scope of rules; district court rules
- Rule 1.1 Jurisdiction and venue unaffected
- Rule 1.2 Jurisdictional amounts for assignment to magistrates; counterclaims and cross-claims
- Rule 1.3 Objection to assignment to magistrates
- Rule 2 Form of documents; caption; name of parties; language; abbreviation; and numbers
- Rule 2.1 Electronic signatures
- Rule 2.2 Computing and extending time
- Rule 2.3 Serving notice of an order or judgment
- Rule 2.4 Setting hearings by court
- Rule 2.5 Stipulations not binding on court -- continuance of trial or hearing
- Rule 2.6 Privacy protection for filings made with the court
- Rule 2.7 Declarations
- Rule 2.8 Unsworn foreign declarations
- Rule 2.9 Lost papers
- Rule 2.10 Reclaiming exhibits, documents or property
Title II. Commencement of Action; Service
Cited as I.R.C.P. · 5 active rules · 6 in the official compilation
Title III. Pleadings; Motions; Scheduling
Cited as I.R.C.P. · 18 active rules · 18 in the official compilation
- Rule 7 Pleadings allowed; form of motions and other papers
- Rule 7.1 Evidence on a motion
- Rule 7.2 Hearings by telephone or video teleconference
- Rule 7.3 Video teleconferencing for mental commitment hearings
- Rule 8 General rules of pleading
- Rule 9 Pleading special matters
- Rule 10 Form of pleadings
- Rule 10.1 Filing fee -- waiver
- Rule 11 Signing pleadings, motions, and other papers; representations to the court; sanctions
- Rule 11.1 Verification
- Rule 11.2 Successive applications for orders or writs; motions for reconsideration
- Rule 11.3 Substitution and withdrawal of attorneys
- Rule 11.4 Limited pro bono appearance
- Rule 12 Defenses and objections: when and how presented; motion for judgment on the pleadings; consolidating motions; waiving defenses; hearings before trial
- Rule 13 Counterclaims and crossclaims
- Rule 14 Third-party practice
- Rule 15 Amended and supplemental pleadings
- Rule 16 Pretrial conferences; scheduling; management
Title IV. Parties
Cited as I.R.C.P. · 9 active rules · 10 in the official compilation
- Rule 17 Plaintiff and defendant; capacity
- Rule 18 Joinder of claims
- Rule 19 Required joinder of parties
- Rule 19.1 Motor vehicle operator
- Rule 20 Permissive joinder of parties
- Rule 21 Misjoinder and nonjoinder of parties
- Rule 22 Interpleader
- Rule 23 Reserved Reserved
- Rule 24 Intervention
- Rule 25 Substitution of parties
Title V. Discovery
Cited as I.R.C.P. · 13 active rules · 13 in the official compilation
- Rule 26 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 30.1 Audio-visual recording of depositions
- 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 cooperate in discovery; sanctions
Title VI. Alternative Dispute Resolution and Trial
Cited as I.R.C.P. · 19 active rules · 19 in the official compilation
- Rule 37.1 Mediation of civil cases
- Rule 38 Jury trial
- Rule 39 Trial by jury or by the court
- Rule 40 Disqualification
- Rule 40.1 Change of venue
- Rule 41 Dismissal of actions
- Rule 42 Consolidation; separate trials
- Rule 42.1 Trials and hearings in open court; where held
- Rule 43 Taking testimony
- Rule 44 Judicial notice of facts and foreign law
- Rule 45 Subpoenas
- Rule 46 Objecting to a ruling or order
- Rule 47 Jury procedure
- Rule 48 Mistrial
- Rule 49 Verdicts
- Rule 50 Dispositive trial motions
- Rule 51 Jury instructions
- Rule 52 Findings and conclusions by the court
- Rule 53 Masters
Title VII. Judgment
Cited as I.R.C.P. · 7 active rules · 7 in the official compilation
Title VIII. Post-Judgment Procedure
Cited as I.R.C.P. · 6 active rules · 6 in the official compilation
Title IX. Provisional and Final Remedies
Cited as I.R.C.P. · 13 active rules · 13 in the official compilation
- Rule 64 Seizing a person or property
- Rule 65 Injunctions and restraining orders
- Rule 66 Sureties on bond
- Rule 67 Deposit into court
- Rule 68 Offer of judgment
- Rule 69 Execution
- Rule 69.1 Claim of exemptions; interrogatories submitted to garnishee; forms
- Rule 69.2 Deposition in aid of enforcing judgment
- Rule 70 Enforcing a judgment for a specific act
- Rule 71 Enforcing relief for or against a nonparty
- Rule 72 Order to show cause
- Rule 73 Receivers
- Rule 74 Actions for writ of mandate or prohibition
Title X. Special Proceedings
Cited as I.R.C.P. · 8 active rules · 11 in the official compilation
- Rule 75 Contempt
- Rule 76 Small Lawsuit Resolution Act procedure
- Rule 77 Class actions
- Rule 78 Derivative actions
- Rule 79 Action relating to unincorporated associations
- Rule 80 Reserved Reserved
- Rule 81 Reserved Reserved
- Rule 82 Reserved Reserved
- Rule 83 Appeals from decisions of magistrate judges
- Rule 83.1 Appeal by permission from interlocutory orders of magistrate judges
- Rule 84 Judicial review of agency actions by the district court
Rules 6, 23, 80, 81, and 82 are printed in the official rules as "Reserved" with no rule text, and are shown unlinked. All other numbers reconciled against the official source are active.