Rule 5.05 – Filing

May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Tennessee

All papers after the complaint required to be served upon a party shall be filed with the court either before service or within a reasonable time thereafter, but the court may on motion of a party or on its own initiative order that depositions upon oral examination; interrogatories; requests for documents; requests for admission; and answers and responses thereto not be filed unless on order of the court or for use in the proceeding.

Tenn. R. Civ. P. 5.05

As amended by order entered January 31, 1984, effective August 20, 1984.