Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Every rule of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, in order — 94 rules, as the United States Code prints them, current with the Code.

• Fed. R. Civ. P. 1 — Scope and Purpose
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 2 — One Form of Action
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 3 — Commencing an Action
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 4 — Summons
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 4.1 — Serving Other Process
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 — Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.1 — Constitutional Challenge to a Statute—Notice, Certification, and Intervention
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2 — Privacy Protection For Filings Made with the Court
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 6 — Computing and Extending Time; Time for Motion Papers
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 7 — Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions and Other Papers
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1 — Disclosure Statement
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 — General Rules of Pleading
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 9 — Pleading Special Matters
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 10 — Form of Pleadings
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 — Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 — Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 13 — Counterclaim and Crossclaim
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 14 — Third-Party Practice
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 15 — Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 — Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 16.1 — Multidistrict Litigation
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 17 — Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity; Public Officers
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 18 — Joinder of Claims
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 19 — Required Joinder of Parties
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 20 — Permissive Joinder of Parties
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 21 — Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 22 — Interpleader
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 — Class Actions
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 23.1 — Derivative Actions
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 23.2 — Actions Relating to Unincorporated Associations
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 24 — Intervention
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 25 — Substitution of Parties
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 — Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 27 — Depositions to Perpetuate Testimony
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 28 — Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 29 — Stipulations About Discovery Procedure
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 30 — Depositions by Oral Examination
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 31 — Depositions by Written Questions
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 32 — Using Depositions in Court Proceedings
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 33 — Interrogatories to Parties
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 34 — Producing Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering onto Land, for Inspection and Other Purposes
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 35 — Physical and Mental Examinations
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 36 — Requests for Admission
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 37 — Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 38 — Right to a Jury Trial; Demand
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 39 — Trial by Jury or by the Court
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 40 — Scheduling Cases for Trial
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 41 — Dismissal of Actions
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 42 — Consolidation; Separate Trials
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 43 — Taking Testimony
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 44 — Proving an Official Record
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 44.1 — Determining Foreign Law
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 — Subpoena
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 46 — Objecting to a Ruling or Order
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 47 — Selecting Jurors
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 48 — Number of Jurors; Verdict; Polling
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 49 — Special Verdict; General Verdict and Questions
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 50 — Judgment as a Matter of Law in a Jury Trial; Related Motion for a New Trial; Conditional Ruling
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 51 — Instructions to the Jury; Objections; Preserving a Claim of Error
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 52 — Findings and Conclusions by the Court; Judgment on Partial Findings
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 53 — Masters
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 54 — Judgment; Costs
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 55 — Default; Default Judgment
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 — Summary Judgment
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 57 — Declaratory Judgment
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 58 — Entering Judgment
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 59 — New Trial; Altering or Amending a Judgment
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 60 — Relief from a Judgment or Order
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 61 — Harmless Error
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 62 — Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 62.1 — Indicative Ruling on a Motion for Relief That is Barred by a Pending Appeal
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 63 — Judge’s Inability to Proceed
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 64 — Seizing a Person or Property
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 65 — Injunctions and Restraining Orders
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 65.1 — Proceedings Against a Security Provider
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 66 — Receivers
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 67 — Deposit into Court
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 68 — Offer of Judgment
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 69 — Execution
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 70 — Enforcing a Judgment for a Specific Act
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 71 — Enforcing Relief For or Against a Nonparty
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 71.1 — Condemning Real or Personal Property
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 72 — Magistrate Judges: Pretrial Order
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 73 — Magistrate Judges: Trial by Consent; Appeal
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 77 — Conducting Business; Clerk’s Authority; Notice of an Order or Judgment
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 78 — Hearing Motions; Submission on Briefs
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 79 — Records Kept by the Clerk
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 80 — Stenographic Transcript as Evidence
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 81 — Applicability of the Rules in General; Removed Actions
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 82 — Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 83 — Rules by District Courts; Judge’s Directives
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 85 — Title
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 86 — Effective Dates
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 87 — Civil Rules Emergency