Arizona

Civil Procedure

Rule 1 – Scope and Purpose
Rule 2 – One Form of Action
Rule 3 – Commencing an Action
Rule 4 – Summons
Rule 4.1 – Service of Process Within Arizona
Rule 4.2 – Service of Process Outside Arizona
Rule 5 – Serving Pleadings and Other Documents
Rule 5.1 – Filing Pleadings and Other Documents
Rule 5.2 – Form of Documents
Rule 5.3 – Duties of Counsel and Parties
Rule 5.4 – Sealing and Unsealing Court Records
Rule 6 – Computing and Extending Time
Rule 7 – Pleadings Allowed
Rule 7.1 – Motions
Rule 7.2 – Motions in Limine
Rule 7.3 – Orders to Show Cause
Rule 7.4 – Joint Filings
Rule 8 – General Rules of Pleading
Rule 8.1 – Assignment and Management of Commercial Cases
Rule 9 – Pleading Special Matters
Rule 10 – Form of Pleadings
Rule 11 – Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Documents; Representations to the Court; Sanctions; Assisting Filing by Self-Represented Person
Rule 12 – Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Joining Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing [Effectrive until January 1, 2021]
Rule 12 – Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Joining Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing [Effectrive January 1, 2021]
Rule 13 – Counterclaim and Crossclaim
Rule 14 – Third-Party Practice
Rule 15 – Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
Rule 16 – Scheduling and Management of Actions
Rule 16.1 – Settlement Conferences
Rule 16.2 – Good Faith Settlement Hearings
Rule 16.3 – Settlements of Claims for Minors and Adults in Need of Protection
Rule 17 – Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity; Public Officers
Rule 18 – Joinder of Claims
Rule 19 – Required Joinder of Parties
Rule 20 – Permissive Joinder of Parties
Rule 21 – Improper Joinder and Nonjoinder of Parties; Severance
Rule 22 – Interpleader
Rule 23 – Class Actions
Rule 23.1 – Derivative Actions
Rule 23.2 – Actions Relating to Unincorporated Associations
Rule 24 – Intervention
Rule 25 – Substitution of Parties
Rule 26 – General Provisions Governing Discovery
Rule 26.1 – Prompt Disclosure of Information
Rule 26.2 – Tiered Limits to Discovery Based on Attributes of Cases
Rule 26.3 – Exchange of Medical Records and Timing of Expert Disclosure in Medical Malpractice Actions
Rule 27 – Discovery Before an Action Is Filed or Pending an Appeal
Rule 28 – Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken; Depositions in Foreign Countries; Letters of Request and Commissions
Rule 29 – Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure
Rule 30 – Depositions by Oral Examination
Rule 31 – Depositions by Written Questions
Rule 32 – Using Depositions in Court Proceedings
Rule 33 – Interrogatories to Parties
Rule 34 – Producing Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering Onto Land, for Inspection and Other Purposes
Rule 35 – Physical and Mental Examinations
Rule 36 – Requests for Admission
Rule 37 – Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions
Rule 38 – Right to a Jury Trial; Demand; Waiver
Rule 38.1 – Setting Civil Actions for Trial; Postponements; Scheduling Conflicts; Dismissal Calendar
Rule 39 – Trial by Jury or by the Court
Rule 40 – Trial Procedures
Rule 41 – Dismissal of Actions
Rule 42 – Consolidation; Separate Trials
Rule 42.1 – Change of Judge as a Matter of Right
Rule 42.2 – Change of Judge for Cause
Rule 43 – Taking Testimony
Rule 44 – Proving an Official Record
Rule 44.1 – Determining Foreign Law

Rule 45 – Subpoena
Rule 45.1 – Interstate Depositions and Discovery
Rule 45.2 – Dispute Resolution Procedures Regarding Preservation Requests
Rule 46 – Objecting to a Ruling or Order
Rule 47 – Jury Selection; Juror Information; Voir Dire; Challenges
Rule 48 – Stipulations on Jury Size and Verdict
Rule 49 – Special Verdict; General Verdict and Questions; Proceedings on Return of Verdict; Form of Verdict
Rule 50 – Judgment as a Matter of Law in a Jury Trial; Related Motion for a New Trial; Conditional Ruling
Rule 51 – Jury Instructions; Objections; Preserving a Claim of Error
Rule 52 – Findings and Conclusions by the Court; Judgment on Partial Findings
Rule 53 – Masters
Rule 54 – Judgment; Costs; Attorney’s Fees; Form of Proposed Judgments
Rule 55 – Default; Default Judgment
Rule 56 – Summary Judgment
Rule 57 – Declaratory Judgment
Rule 57.1 – Declaration of Factual Innocence
Rule 57.2 – Declaration of Factual Improper Party Status
Rule 58 – Entering Judgment
Rule 59 – New Trial; Altering or Amending a Judgment
Rule 60 – Relief from Judgment or Order
Rule 61 – Harmless Error
Rule 62 – Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment
Rule 63 – Judge’s Inability to Proceed
Rule 64 – Seizing a Person or Property
Rule 64.1 – Civil Arrest Warrant
Rule 65 – Injunctions and Restraining Orders
Rule 65.1 – Proceedings Against Surety
Rule 65.2 – Action Under A.R.S. Section 23-212 or Section 23-212.01
Rule 66 – Receivers
Rule 67 – Deposit into Court
Rule 68 – Offer of Judgment
Rule 69 – Execution
Rule 70 – Enforcing a Judgment for a Specific Act
Rule 70.1 – Application to Transfer Structured Settlement Payment Rights
Rule 71 – Enforcing Relief for or Against a Nonparty
Rule 72 – Suitability for Arbitration
Rule 73 – Appointment of Arbitrator
Rule 74 – General Proceedings and Prehearing Procedures
Rule 75 – Hearing Procedures
Rule 76 – Posthearing Procedures
Rule 77 – Appeal
Rule 78 – Reserved
Rule 79 – Reserved
Rule 80 – General Provisions
Rule 81 – Effective Date; Applicability
Rule 81.1 – Juvenile Emancipation
Rule 82 – Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected
Rule 83 – Reserved
Form 1 – Notice of Lawsuit and Request for Waiver of Service of Summons
Form 2 – Waiver of Service of Summons
Form 3 – Abrogated
Form 4 – Uniform Interrogatories for use in Medical Malpractice Cases
Form 5 – Uniform Personal Injury Interrogatories
Form 6 – Contract Interrogatories
Form 7 – Notice of Petition: Preservation of Electronically Stored Information
Form 8 – Notice of Limited Scope Representation
Form 9 – Form of Subpoena
Form 10 – Certification of a Complex Case
Form 11(a) – Joint Report: Tier 1 Case
Form 11(b) – Proposed Scheduling Order: Tier 1 Case
Form 12(a) – Joint Report: Tier 2 Case
Form 12(b) – Proposed Scheduling Order: Tier 2 Case
Form 13(a) – Joint Report: Tier 3 Case
Form 13(b) – Proposed Scheduling Order: Tier 3 Case
Form 14(a) – Joint Report: Commercial Case
Form 14(b) – Proposed Scheduling Order: Commercial Case

Rule 1 – Scope and Purpose

These rules govern the procedure in all civil actions and proceedings in the superior court of Arizona. They should be construed, administered, and employed by the court and the parties to secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding.

Ariz. R. Civ. P. 1

Amended effective January 1, 2017.

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