Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Table of Contents

Rules of Civil Procedure for the United States District Courts

Title I. Scope of Rules; Form of Action

Rule 1 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Scope and Purpose

Rule 2 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: One Form of Action

Title II: Commencing an Action; Service of Process, Pleadings, Motions, and Orders

Rule 3 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Commencing an Action

Rule 4 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Summons

Rule 4.1 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Serving Other Process

Rule 5 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers

Rule 5.1 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Constitutional Challenge to a Statute—Notice, Certification, and Intervention

Rule 5.2 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Privacy Protection For Filings Made with the Court

Rule 6 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Computing and Extending Time; Time for Motion Papers

Title III: Pleadings and Motions

Rule 7 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions and Other Papers

Rule 7.1 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Disclosure Statement

Rule 8 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: General Rules of Pleading

Rule 9 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Pleading Special Matters

Rule 10 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Form of Pleadings

Rule 11 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions

Rule 12 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Rule 13 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Counterclaim and Crossclaim

Rule 14 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Third-Party Practice

Rule 15 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Amended and Supplemental Pleadings

Rule 16 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management

Title IV: Parties

Rule 17 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity; Public Officers

Rule 18 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Joinder of Claims

Rule 19 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Required Joinder of Parties

Rule 20 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Permissive Joinder of Parties

Rule 21 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties

Rule 22 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Interpleader

Rule 23 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Class Actions

Rule 23.1 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Derivative Actions

Rule 23.2 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Actions Relating to Unincorporated Associations

Rule 24 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Intervention

Rule 25 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Substitution of Parties

Title V: Disclosures and Discovery

Rule 26 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery

Rule 27 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Depositions to Perpetuate Testimony

Rule 28 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken

Rule 29 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Stipulations About Discovery Procedure

Rule 30 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Depositions by Oral Examination

Rule 31 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Depositions by Written Questions

Rule 32 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Using Depositions in Court Proceedings

Rule 33 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Interrogatories to Parties

Rule 34 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Producing Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering onto Land, for Inspection and Other Purposes

Rule 35 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Physical and Mental Examinations

Rule 36 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Requests for Admission

Rule 37 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions

Title VI: Trials

Rule 38 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Right to a Jury Trial; Demand

Rule 39 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Trial by Jury or by the Court

Rule 40 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Scheduling Cases for Trial

Rule 41 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Dismissal of Actions

Rule 42 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Consolidation; Separate Trials

Rule 43 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Taking Testimony

Rule 44 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Proving an Official Record

Rule 44.1 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Determining Foreign Law

Rule 45 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Subpoena

Rule 46 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Objecting to a Ruling or Order

Rule 47 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Selecting Jurors

Rule 48 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Number of Jurors; Verdict; Polling

Rule 49 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Special Verdict; General Verdict and Questions

Rule 50 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Judgment as a Matter of Law in a Jury Trial; Related Motion for a New Trial; Conditional Ruling

Rule 51 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Instructions to the Jury; Objections; Preserving a Claim of Error

Rule 52 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Findings and Conclusions by the Court; Judgment on Partial Findings

Rule 53 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Masters

Title VII: Judgment

Rule 54 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Judgment; Costs

Rule 55 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Default; Default Judgment

Rule 56 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Summary Judgment

Rule 57 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Declaratory Judgment

Rule 58 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Entering Judgment

Rule 59 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: New Trial; Altering or Amending a Judgment

Rule 60 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Relief from a Judgment or Order

Rule 61 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Harmless Error

Rule 62 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment

Rule 62.1 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Indicative Ruling on a Motion for Relief That is Barred by a Pending Appeal

Rule 63 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Judge’s Inability to Proceed

Title VIII: Provisional and Final Remedies

Rule 64 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Seizing a Person or Property

Rule 65 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Injunctions and Restraining Orders

Rule 65.1 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Proceedings Against a Security Provider

Rule 66 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Receivers

Rule 67 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Deposit into Court

Rule 68 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Offer of Judgment

Rule 69 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Execution

Rule 70 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Enforcing a Judgment for a Specific Act

Rule 71 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Enforcing Relief For or Against a Nonparty

Title IX: Special Proceedings

Rule 71.1 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Condemning Real or Personal Property

Rule 72 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Magistrate Judges: Pretrial Order

Rule 73 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: 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]