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 Article VI, Section 3 of the state constitution, maintained through its standing Joint Procedure Committee. The Committee's official Explanatory Notes are included.
Plain-English guides Browse North Dakota guides →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- Rule 30.1 Uniform Audio-Visual Deposition Rule Repealed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.