Rhode Island Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure

Rule 1 - Scope of Rules and Mandatory Electronic Filing..
Rule 2 - One Form of Action..
Rule 3 - Commencement of Action..
Rule 4 - Process, Attachment, Trustee Process, Arrest..
Rule 5 - Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers.
Rule 6 - Time.
Rule 7 - Pleadings Allowed - Form of Motions
Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading.
Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters.
Rule 10 - Form of Pleadings.
Rule 11 - Signing of Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Sanctions.
Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections-when and How Presented by Pleading or Motion-motion for Judgment on Pleadings.
Rule 13 - Counterclaim and Cross-claim.
Rule 14 - Third Party Practice.
Rule 15 - Amended and Supplemental Pleadings.
Rule 16 - Pre-trial Procedure - Formulating Issues.
Rule 17 - Parties Plaintiff and Defendant - Capacity.
Rule 18 - Joinder of Claims and Remedies.
Rule 19 - Joinder of Persons Needed for Just Adjudication.
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 by Shareholders.
Rule 23.2 - Derivative Action - Unincorporated Associations.
Rule 24 - Intervention.
Rule 25 - Substitution of Parties.
Rule 26 - General Provisions Governing Discovery; Duty of Disclosure.
Rule 27 - Depositions before Action or Pending Appeal.
Rule 28 - Persons before Whom Depositions May be Taken.
Rule 29 - Stipulations Regarding the Taking of Depositions.
Rule 30 - Depositions upon Oral Examination.
Rule 31 - Depositions upon Written Questions.
Rule 32 - Use of Depositions in Court Proceedings.
Rule 33 - Interrogatories to Parties.
Rule 34 - Production of Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Things; Entry upon Land for Inspection for Other Purposes.
Rule 35 - Physical and Mental Examination of Persons.
Rule 36 - Requests for Admission.
Rule 37 - Failure to Make or Cooperate in Discovery: Sanctions.
Rule 38 - Jury Trial of Right.
Rule 39 - Trial by Jury or by the Court.
Rule 40 - Assignment of Cases for Trial - Continuances.
Rule 41 - Dismissal of Actions.
Rule 42 - Consolidation - Separate Trials.
Rule 43 - Evidence.
Rule 44 - Proof of Official Record.
Rule 44.1 - Determination of Foreign Law.
Rule 45 - Subpoena.
Rule 46 - Exceptions Unnecessary.
Rule 47 - Jurors.
Rule 48 - Number of Jurors.
Rule 49 - Special Verdicts and Interrogatories.
Rule 50 - Judgment As a Matter of Law in Actions Tried by Jury; Alternative Motion for New Trial; Conditional Rulings.
Rule 51 - Argument of Counsel-instructions to Jury.
Rule 52 - Findings by the Court; Judgment on Partial Findings.
Rule 53 - Masters.
Rule 54 - Judgment - Costs.
Rule 55 - Default.
Rule 56 - Summary Judgment.
Rule 57 - Declaratory Judgments.
Rule 58 - Entry of Judgment.
Rule 59 - New Trials - Amendment of Judgments.
Rule 60 - Relief from Judgment or Order.
Rule 61 - Harmless Error.
Rule 62 - Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment.
Rule 63 - Inability of a Judicial Officer to Proceed.
Rule 64 - Replevin.
Rule 65 - Injunctions.
Rule 66 - Receivers.
Rule 67 - Deposit in Court - Registry.
Rule 68 - Offer of Judgment - Payment into Court.
Rule 69 - Execution, Supplementary Proceedings, Attachment and Trustee Process after Judgment.
Rule 70 - Judgment for Specific Acts.
Rule 71 - Process in Behalf of and against Persons Not Parties.
Rule 72 - Certification.
Rule 73 to 76 - [Repealed]
Rule 77 - Superior Court and Clerks.
Rule 78 - Stenographic Reports - Transcripts of Testimony.
Rule 79 - Books and Records Kept by the Clerk and Entries Therein.
Rule 80 - Review of Administrative Action.
Rule 81 - Applicability of Rules.
Rule 82 - Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected.
Rule 83 - Rules of Practice and Orders.
Rule 84 - Forms.
Rule 85 - Out-of-state Counsel.
Rule 86 - Effective Date.
Rule - Appendix of Forms.