Alaska

Civil Procedure

Rule 1 – Scope of Rules – Construction
Rule 2 – One Form of Action
Rule 3 – Commencement of Action and Venue
Rule 4 – Process
Rule 5 – Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers
Rule 5.1 – Filing and Service by Facsimile Transmission and Electronic Mail
Rule 5.2 – Foreign Orders and Judgments
Rule 5.3 – Electronic Distribution by the Court
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
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 – Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management
Rule 16.1 – Special Procedures for Reducing Litigation Delay [Rescinded]
Rule 16.2 – Informal Trials in Domestic Relations Cases
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 Non-Joinder of Parties
Rule 22 – Interpleader
Rule 23 – Class Actions
Rule 23.1 – Derivative Actions By Shareholders
Rule 23.2 – Actions Relating to Unincorporated Associations
Rule 24 – Intervention
Rule 25 – Substitution of Parties
Rule 26 – General Provisions Governing Discovery; Duty of Disclosure
Rule 26.1 – Discovery and Disclosure in Divorce and Legal Separation Actions
Rule 27 – Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal
Rule 28 – Persons Before Whom Depositions May be Taken; Foreign Commissions and Letters Rogatory
Rule 29 – Stipulations Regarding iscovery Practice
Rule 30 – Depositions Upon Oral Examination
Rule 30.1 – Audio and Audio-Visual Depositions
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, and Entry Upon Land for Inspection and Other Purposes
Rule 35 – Physical and Mental Examination of Persons
Rule 36 – Requests for Admission
Rule 37 – Failure to Make Disclosure or Cooperate in Discovery: Sanctions
Rule 38 – Jury Trial
Rule 39 – Trial by Jury or by the Court
Rule 40 – Assignment and Hearing of Cases – Calendars – Continuances
Rule 41 – Dismissal of Actions
Rule 42 – Consolidation-Separate Trials-Change of Judge
Rule 43 – Evidence
Rule 43.1 – Exhibits
Rule 45 – Subpoena
Rule 45.1 – Interstate Depositions and Discovery
Rule 46 – Conduct of Trials
Rule 47 – Jurors
Rule 48 – Order of Trial Proceedings-Management of Juries
Rule 49 – Special Verdicts and Interrogatories
Rule 50 – Motion for a Directed Verdict and for Judgment
Rule 51 – Instructions to Jury
Rule 52 – Findings by the Court

Rule 53 – Masters
Rule 54 – Judgments-Costs
Rule 55 – Default
Rule 56 – Summary Judgment
Rule 57 – Declaratory Judgments – Judgments by Confession
Rule 58 – Entry of Judgment
Rule 58.1 – Judgments and Orders- Effective Dates and Commencement of Time for Appeal, Review and Reconsideration
Rule 58.2 – Judgments for the Payment of Money
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 – Disability of a Judge
Rule 64 – Seizure of Person or Property
Rule 65 – Injunctions
Rule 65.1 – Domestic Violence, and Sexual Assault Protective Orders-Access to Information
Rule 66 – Receivers
Rule 67 – Deposit in Court
Rule 68 – [Applicable to cases filed before August 7, 1997.] Offer of Judgment
Rule 68 – [Applicable to cases filed on or after August 7, 1997.] Offer of Judgment
Rule 69 – Execution-Examination of Judgment Debtor-Restraining Disposition of Property- Execution After Five Years
Rule 70 – Judgment for Specific Acts-Vesting Title
Rule 71 – Process in Behalf of and Against Persons Not Parties
Rule 72 – Eminent Domain
Rule 72.1 – Expert Advisory Panels in Health Care Provider Malpractice Actions
Rule 73 – The Clerk
Rule 74 – Books and Records Kept by Clerk and Entries Therein
Rule 75 – Record of Proceedings- Transcript as Evidence
Rule 76 – Form Papers
Rule 77 – Motions
Rule 78 – Findings, Conclusions, Judgments and Orders-Preparation and Submission
Rule 79 – Costs-Taxation and Review
Rule 80 – Bonds and Undertakings
Rule 81 – Attorneys
Rule 82 – Attorney’s Fees
Rule 83 – Fees: Witnesses-Physicians- Interpreters and Translators
Rule 84 – Change of Name
Rule 85 – Forcible Entry and Detainer
Rule 86 – Habeas Corpus
Rule 87 – Civil Arrest
Rule 88 – Procedure for Claiming Delivery of Personal Property
Rule 89 – Attachment
Rule 90 – Contempts
Rule 90.1 – Dissolution of Marriage, Divorce, and Legal Separation Actions
Rule 90.2 – Settlement and Judgments in Favor a Minor
Rule 90.3 – Child Support Awards
Rule 90.4 – Proceedings to Establish Parentage
Rule 90.5 – Expedited Judicial Relief from Action Against Occupational or Driver’s License for Unpaid Child Support
Rule 90.6 – Appointment of Child Custody Investigator
Rule 90.7 – Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem in Child Custody Proceedings
Rule 90.8 – Expedited Applications to Compel Correction of Any Error in Redistricting Plan
Rule 91 – Applicability of Civil Rules In General
Rule 92 – Construction of Rules
Rule 93 – Legal Effect of Rules-Statutes Superseded
Rule 94 – Relaxation of Rules
Rule 95 – Penalties
Rule 97 – Title
Rule 98 – Effective Date
Rule 99 – Telephonic Participation in Civil Cases
Rule 100 – Mediation and Other Forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution

Rule 92 – Construction of Rules

These rules are designed to provide for the efficient operation of the courts of the State of Alaska. If no specific procedure is prescribed by rule, the court may proceed in any lawful manner not inconsistent with these rules, the constitution, and the common law.

Alaska R. Civ. P. 92

Adopted by SCO 5 October 9, 1959; amended by SCO 49 effective January 1, 1963

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