CHAPTER 11 - CIVIL PRACTICE ACT
- ARTICLE 1 - SCOPE OF RULES AND FORM OF ACTION
- ARTICLE 2 - COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION AND SERVICE
- § 9-11-3 - Commencement of action; filing of civil case filing form
- § 9-11-4 - Process
- § 9-11-4.1 - Certified process servers; procedure for becoming a certified process server; defining crime of impersonating a process server; punishment; sunset
- § 9-11-5 - Service and filing of pleadings subsequent to the original complaint and other papers
- § 9-11-6 - Time
- ARTICLE 3 - PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS
- § 9-11-10 - Form of pleadings
- § 9-11-11 - Signing of pleadings; when verification required; rule abolished
- § 9-11-11.1 - Exercise of rights of freedom of speech and right to petition government for redress of grievances; legislative findings; verification of claims; definitions; procedure on motions; exc
- § 9-11-12 - Answer, defenses, and objections; when and how presented and heard; when defenses waived; stay of discovery
- § 9-11-13 - Counterclaim and cross-claim
- § 9-11-14 - Third-party practice
- § 9-11-15 - Amended and supplemental pleadings
- § 9-11-16 - Pretrial procedure; formulating issues; order; calendar
- § 9-11-7 - Pleadings allowed; form of motions
- § 9-11-8 - General rules of pleading
- § 9-11-9 - Pleading special matters
- § 9-11-9.1 - Affidavit to accompany charge of professional malpractice
- § 9-11-9.2 - Medical authorization forms; review of protected health information
- ARTICLE 4 - PARTIES
- § 9-11-17 - Parties plaintiff and defendant; capacity
- § 9-11-18 - Joinder of claims and remedies
- § 9-11-19 - Joinder of persons needed for just adjudication
- § 9-11-20 - Permissive joinder of parties
- § 9-11-21 - Misjoinder and nonjoinder of parties
- § 9-11-22 - Interpleader
- § 9-11-23 - Class actions
- § 9-11-24 - Intervention
- § 9-11-25 - Substitution of parties
- ARTICLE 5 - DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY
- § 9-11-26 - General provisions governing discovery
- § 9-11-27 - Depositions before action or pending appeal
- § 9-11-28 - Persons before whom depositions may be taken; disqualification for interest; consent of parties
- § 9-11-29 - Stipulations regarding discovery procedure
- § 9-11-29.1 - When depositions and other discovery material must be filed with court; custodian until filing
- § 9-11-30 - Depositions upon oral examination
- § 9-11-31 - Depositions upon written questions
- § 9-11-32 - Use of depositions in court proceedings; effect of errors and irregularities in depositions
- § 9-11-33 - Interrogatories to parties
- § 9-11-34 - Production of documents and things and entry upon land for inspection and other purposes; applicability to nonparties; confidentiality
- § 9-11-34.1 - Civil actions for evidence seized in criminal proceedings
- § 9-11-35 - Physical and mental examination of persons
- § 9-11-36 - Requests for admission
- § 9-11-37 - Failure to make discovery; motion to compel; sanctions; expenses
- ARTICLE 6 - TRIALS
- § 9-11-38 - Right to jury trial
- § 9-11-39 - Consent to trial by court; jury trial on court order
- § 9-11-40 - Time and place of trial
- § 9-11-41 - Dismissal of actions; recommencement within six months
- § 9-11-42 - Consolidation; severance
- § 9-11-43 - Evidence
- § 9-11-44 - Official records
- § 9-11-45 - Subpoena for taking depositions; objections; place of examination
- § 9-11-46 - Exceptions unnecessary; objections to rulings or orders
- § 9-11-47 - Jurors
- § 9-11-48
- § 9-11-49 - Special verdicts
- § 9-11-50 - Motions for directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict
- § 9-11-51
- § 9-11-52 - Findings by the court
- § 9-11-53
- ARTICLE 7 - JUDGMENT
- § 9-11-54 - Judgments
- § 9-11-55 - Default judgment
- § 9-11-56 - Summary judgment
- § 9-11-57
- § 9-11-58 - Entry of judgment; judge's name to be typed, printed, or stamped after signature; filing of civil case disposition form
- § 9-11-59
- § 9-11-60 - Relief from judgments
- § 9-11-61 - Harmless error
- § 9-11-62 - Stay of proceedings to enforce a judgment
- ARTICLE 8 - PROVISIONAL AND FINAL REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
- ARTICLE 9 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- ARTICLE 10 - FORMS
- § 9-11-100
- § 9-11-101 - Form of summons
- § 9-11-102
- § 9-11-103 - Form of complaint on a promissory note
- § 9-11-104 - Form of complaint on an account
- § 9-11-105 - Form of complaint for goods sold and delivered
- § 9-11-106 - Form of complaint for money lent
- § 9-11-107 - Form of complaint for money paid by mistake
- § 9-11-108 - Form of complaint for money had and received
- § 9-11-109 - Form of complaint for negligence
- § 9-11-110 - Form of complaint for negligence where plaintiff is unable to determine definitely whether the person responsible is C.D. or E.F. or whether both are responsible and where the evidence
- § 9-11-111 - Form of complaint for conversion
- § 9-11-112 - Form of complaint for specific performance of contract to convey land
- § 9-11-113 - Form of complaint on claim for debt and to set aside fraudulent conveyance under Code Section 9-11-18
- § 9-11-114 - Form of complaint for negligence under Federal Employers' Liability Act
- § 9-11-115
- § 9-11-118 - Form of complaint for interpleader and declaratory relief
- § 9-11-119 - Form of motion to dismiss, presenting defense of failure to state a claim
- § 9-11-120 - Form of answer presenting defenses under subsection (b) of Code Section 9-11-12
- § 9-11-121 - Form of answer to complaint set forth in Code Section 9-11-108, with counterclaim for interpleader
- § 9-11-122 - Form of summons and complaint against third-party defendant
- § 9-11-123 - Form of motion to intervene as a defendant under Code Section 9-11-24
- § 9-11-124 - Form of motion for production of documents under Code Section 9-11-34
- § 9-11-125 - Form of request for admission under Code Section 9-11-36
- § 9-11-126
- § 9-11-131 - Form of judgment on jury verdict
- § 9-11-132 - Form of judgment on decision by the court
- § 9-11-133 - Forms meeting requirements for civil case filing and disposition