As amended through December 1, 2023
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
- Rule 17. Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity; Public Officers
- Rule 18. Joinder of Claims
- Rule 19. Required Joinder of Parties
- Rule 20. Permissive Joinder of Parties
- Rule 21. Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties
- Rule 22. Interpleader
- Rule 23. Class Actions
- Rule 23.1. Derivative Actions
- Rule 23.2. Actions Relating to Unincorporated Associations
- Rule 24. Intervention
- Rule 25. Substitution of 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
- 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
- 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
- Rule 64. Seizing a Person or Property
- Rule 65. Injunctions and Restraining Orders
- Rule 65.1. Proceedings Against a Surety
- Rule 66. Receivers
- Rule 67. Deposit into Court
- Rule 68. Offer of Judgment
- Rule 69. Execution
- Rule 70. Enforcing a Judgment for a Specific Act
- Rule 71. Enforcing Relief For or Against a Nonparty
- Rule 71.1. Condemning Real or Personal Property
- Rule 72. Magistrate Judges: Pretrial Order
- Rule 73. Magistrate Judges: Trial by Consent; Appeal
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
- 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 [Abrogated]
- Rule 85. Title
- Rule 86. Effective Dates
- Rule 87. Civil Rules Emergency
XII. APPENDIX OF FORMS (U.S. Courts site) [Abrogated]
XIII. SUPPLEMENTAL RULES FOR ADMIRALTY OR MARITIME CLAIMS AND ASSET FORFEITURE ACTIONS