Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
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]
Title X. District Courts and Clerks: Conducting Business; Issuing Orders
Rule 77 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Conducting Business; Clerk’s Authority; Notice of an Order or Judgment
Rule 78 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Hearing Motions; Submission on Briefs
Rule 79 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Records Kept by the Clerk
Rule 80 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Stenographic Transcript as Evidence
Title XI. General Provisions
Rule 81 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Applicability of the Rules in General; Removed Actions
Rule 82 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected
Rule 83 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Rules by District Courts; Judge’s Directives
Rule 84 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Abrogated, eff. Dec. 1, 2015
Rule 85 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Title
Rule 86 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Effective Dates
Rule 87 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Civil Rules Emergency
Credit: Legal Information Institute (LII)
