Ridgeway Rules of Civil Procedure
Superior Court · cited as Rid. R. Civ. P. · 2026 edition
As adopted July 31, 2026 · last amended July 31, 2026 — Judicial Conference
Contents
TITLE ONESCOPE OF RULES
TITLE TWOCOMMENCEMENT OF ACTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS, PLEADINGS, MOTIONS AND ORDERS
- 3Commencement of Action
- 3.1Case Types; Case Numbers; Assignment of a Judge
- 4Process; Summons
- 4.1Serving Other Process
- 4.2Proof of Service; Return
- 5Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers
- 5.1The Electronic Filing System; When a Paper Is Filed
- 5.2Electronic Signature; Attestation
- 5.3Clerk Review; Rejection; Corrected Refiling
- 5.4Restricted and Workflow-Owned Matters
- 5.5Programmatic Filings
- 5.6Sensitive Information in Filings
- 6Time
- 6.1Fees; Waiver; Indigency
TITLE THREEPLEADINGS AND MOTIONS
- 7Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions
- 7.1Motion Practice; Opposition; Reply; Hearing
- 8General Rules of Pleading
- 9Pleading Special Matters
- 10Form of Pleadings
- 11Appearances; Signing; Representations to the Court; Sanctions
- 11.1Withdrawal and Substitution of Counsel
- 12Defenses and Objections
- 13Pre-Trial Procedure; Scheduling; Management
- 13.1Counterclaim and Crossclaim
TITLE FOURPARTIES; JOINDER OF CLAIMS AND REMEDIES; CLASS ACTIONS
TITLE FIVEDEPOSITION AND DISCOVERY
- 19General Provisions Governing Discovery
- 19.1Required Initial Disclosures
- 20Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal
- 21Interrogatories to Parties
- 22Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure
- 23Depositions Upon Oral Examination
- 24Depositions of Witnesses Upon Written Questions
- 25Use of Depositions in Court Proceedings
- 26Production of Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things; Entry on Land
- 26.1Requests for Admission
- 26.2Physical and Mental Examinations
- 26.3Failure to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions
TITLE SIXTRIAL
- 27Trial Process
- 27.1Trial by Jury; Demand; Advisory Juries
- 28Dismissal of Actions
- 29Consolidation; Separate Trials
- 30Evidence
- 31Interpreters; Court-Appointed Experts
- 32Subpoena
- 33Judgment as a Matter of Law; Involuntary Dismissal at the Close of Evidence
- 34Findings by the Court
- 35New Trial; Altering or Amending a Judgment
TITLE SEVENJUDGMENT
TITLE EIGHTPROVISIONAL AND FINAL REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEDURES
- 46Seizing a Person or Property; Attachment
- 47Injunctions
- 48Receivers; Deposit into Court
- 49Offer of Judgment
- 50Execution; Enforcement of Money Judgments
- 50.1Delinquency
- 50.2Post-Judgment Relief from Delinquency
- 51Judgment for Specific Acts; Vesting Title
- 52Process For and Against Persons Not Parties
- 53Civil Contempt
TITLE NINEGENERAL PROVISIONS
- 54Applicability of Rules
- 55Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected
- 55.1Venue
- 56Extraordinary Writs: Habeas Corpus; Mandamus; Quo Warranto
- 57Administrative Court Proceedings
- 58Records Kept by the Clerk; The Docket
- 59Clerk’s Authority; Notice of Orders
- 60Judge’s Standing Orders; Local Practice
- 61Effective Date; Amendment of These Rules
Promulgation and amendment
Superseding all prior Ridgeway Rules of Civil Procedure as of the hour these Rules take effect.
Adopted by the Supreme Court of the State of Ridgeway through the Judicial Conference on Friday, July 31, 2026, under Const. art. V § 9 and 3 R. Stat. § 121.106, and operative from that date. These Rules govern the procedure in all civil actions in the Superior Court of the State of Ridgeway.
These Rules were adopted by the Supreme Court of the State of Ridgeway, sitting through the Judicial Conference, on Friday, July 31, 2026, under Const. art. V § 9 and 3 R. Stat. § 121.106. They are operative from that date, govern every civil proceeding commenced after that hour and every proceeding then pending as Rule 61 provides, and supersede all prior Ridgeway Rules of Civil Procedure as of that hour.
Every citation in these Rules to the Ridgeway Rules of Evidence is given in the article numbering adopted for those Rules on the same date, under which each Title occupies a hundred-block and the 800s are the rules against hearsay and its exceptions.
Nothing in these Rules abridges, enlarges, or modifies a substantive right, as 3 R. Stat. § 121.106(b) requires. Where a rule cannot be reconciled with the Constitution of the State of Ridgeway or with a statute, the Constitution or the statute governs and the rule is of no effect to the extent of the conflict.