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I. Scope of Rules; Form of Action
1. Scope of Rules.
2. One form of Action.
II. Commencing an Action; Service of Process, Pleadings, Motions, and Orders
3. Commencing an Action.
4. Persons Subject to Jurisdiction; Process; Service.
4.1. Limited Representation Permitted -- Process.
4.2. Notice of Limited Appearance and Withdrawal as Attorney.
5. Serving and Filing Pleadings and other Papers.
5.1. Constitutional Challenge to a Statute -- Notice and Intervention.
5.2. Privacy Protection for Filings Made With the Court.
6. Computing and Extending Time; Time for Motion Papers.
III. Pleadings and Motions
7. Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions and Other Papers.
7.1. Disclosure Statement.
8. General Rules of Pleading.
9. Pleading Special Matters.
10. Form of Pleadings.
11. Signing Pleadings, Motions, and other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions.
12. Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing.
13. Counterclaim and Crossclaim.
14. Third-Party Practice.
15. Amended and Supplemental Pleadings.
16. Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management.
IV. Parties
17. Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity; Public Officers.
18. Joinder of Claims.
19. Required Joinder of Parties.
20. Permissive Joinder of Parties.
21. Misjoinder and Non-Joinder of Parties.
22. Interpleader.
23. Class Actions.
23.1. Derivative Actions.
23.2. Actions Relating to Unincorporated Associations.
24. Intervention.
25. Substitution of Parties.
V. Depositions and Discovery
26. General Provisions Governing Discovery.
27. Depositions to Perpetuate Testimony.
28. Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken.
29. Stipulation Regarding Discovery Procedure.
30. Depositions by Oral Examination.
31. Depositions by Written Questions.
32. Using Depositions in Court Proceedings.
33. Interrogatories to Parties.
34. Producing Documents, Electronically-Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering onto Land, for Inspection and Other Purposes.
35. Physical and Mental Examination.
36. Requests for Admissions.
37. Failure to Make Discovery; Sanctions.
VI. Trials
38. Right to a Jury Trial; Demand.
39. Trial by Jury or by the Court.
40. Scheduling Cases for Trial.
41. Dismissal of Actions.
42. Consolidation; Separate Trials.
43. Taking Testimony.
44. Proving an Official Record.
44.1. Determining Foreign Law.
45. Subpoena.
46. Objecting to a Ruling or Order.
47. Jurors.
48. Juries -- Verdict.
49. Special Verdicts and Interrogatories.
50. Judgment as a Matter of Law in a Jury Trial; Related Motion for a New Trial; Conditional Ruling.
51. Instructions to the Jury; Objections; Preserving a Claim of Error.
52. Findings and Conclusions by the Court; Judgment on Partial Findings.
53. Masters.
VII. Judgment
54. Judgments; Costs.
55. Default; Default Judgment.
56. Summary Judgment.
57. Declaratory Judgments.
58. Entering Judgment.
59. New Trial; Altering or Amending a Judgment.
60. Relief from Judgment or Order.
61. Harmless Error.
62. Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment.
62.1. Indicative Rule on a Motion for Relief that is Barred by a Pending Appeal.
63. Judge's Inability to Proceed.
VIII. Provisional and Final Remedies and Special Proceedings
64. Seizing a Person or Property.
65. Injunctions.
66. Receivers.
67. Deposit into Court.
68. Offer of Judgment.
69. Execution.
70. Enforcing a Judgment for a Specific Act.
71. Enforcing Relief For or Against a Nonparty.
IX. Appeals
X. District Courts and Clerks: Conducting Business; Issuing Orders
XI. General Provisons
72. Appeal from A District Court to the Supreme Court.
77. Conducting Business; Clerk's Authority; Notice of an Order or Judgment.
80. Stenographic Transcript as Evidence.
81. Applicability in General.
82. Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected.
83. Rules by District Courts.
84. Forms.
85. Title.
86. Effective Date -- Statutes Superseded