Posted: December 1, 2011
Rules of Civil Procedure
URCP 026.02 Disclosures in personal injury actions. New. Describes special disclosures in personal injury actions.
Supreme Court Order.
Posted: November 28, 2011
Rules of Evidence
Restyled Rules of Evidence. Consistent with the restyling of the Federal Rules of Evidence, the language of these rules has been amended as part of the restyling of the Evidence Rules to make them more easily understood and to make style and terminology consistent throughout the rules. These changes are intended to be stylistic only. There is no intent to change any result in any ruling on evidence admissibility.
Supreme Court Order.
Posted: September 21, 2011
Code of Judicial Administration
CJA 10-1-306. Expedited procedures for resolving discovery issues. New. Describes a process for resolving discovery disputes quickly to minimize the impact on time to complete discovery.
Posted: September 20, 2011
Code of Judicial Administration
CJA 04-0613. Jail prisoner transportation. Amend. Amends the rule to conform to a new agreement between the courts and counties.
CJA Appendix B. Justice Court Standards For Recertification. Amend. Establishes standards for recording equipment in the justice court.
Posted: August 30, 2011
Rules of Civil Procedure
The Supreme Court has approved these extensive changes to the civil disclosure and discovery rules. Because several of the rules are difficult to read with traditional redline interlineation, the rules are also shown here as amended. The amendments are effective for all cases filed on or after November 1, 2011.
Supreme Court Order.
| Redline | As Amended |
| URCP 001. General provisions. | URCP 001. General provisions. |
| URCP 008. General rules of pleadings. | URCP 008. General rules of pleadings. |
| URCP 009. Pleading special matters. | URCP 009. Pleading special matters. |
| URCP 016. Pretrial conferences. | URCP 016. Pretrial conferences. |
| URCP 026. General provisions governing disclosure and discovery. | URCP 026. General provisions governing disclosure and discovery. |
| URCP 026.01. Disclosure in domestic relations actions. | URCP 026.01. Disclosure in domestic relations actions. |
| URCP 029. Stipulations regarding disclosure and discovery procedure. | URCP 029. Stipulations regarding disclosure and discovery procedure. |
| URCP 030. Depositions upon oral questions. | URCP 030. Depositions upon oral questions. |
| URCP 031. Depositions upon written questions. | URCP 031. Depositions upon written questions. |
| URCP 033. Interrogatories to parties. | URCP 033. Interrogatories to parties. |
| URCP 034. Production of documents and things and entry upon land for inspection and other purposes. | URCP 034. Production of documents and things and entry upon land for inspection and other purposes. |
| URCP 035. Physical and mental examination of persons. | URCP 035. Physical and mental examination of persons. |
| URCP 036. Request for admission. | URCP 036. Request for admission. |
| URCP 037. Discovery and disclosure motions; Sanctions. | URCP 037. Discovery and disclosure motions; Sanctions. |
| URCP 054. Judgments; costs. | URCP 054. Judgments; costs. |
Posted: August 2, 2011
Rules of Civil Procedure
URCP 064D. Writ of garnishment. Amend. Requires the creditor to certify to the court a good faith effort to meet and confer with the garnishee before attempting to impose liability on the garnishee.
Supreme Court Order
Posted: August 2, 2011
Rules of Criminal Procedure
URCrP 015A. Scientific, Lab, and Analytical Reports – When prosecution required to produce foundation and chain of custody witnesses. Repeal. The rule was enacted in 2010 to create a streamlined process to address the confrontation issues established by Melendez-Diaz. The rule has had the opposite effect, creating additional and unnecessary work for both prosecutors and defense attorneys.
Supreme Court Order
Posted: August 2, 2011
Rules of Appellate Procedure
URAP 024. Briefs. Amend. The proposed change creates a word limit for briefs rather than a page limit. A principal brief may have up to 14,000 words. Word limits are established for all other types of briefs.
URAP Form 17. Certificate of Compliance With Rule 24(f)(1) New.
URAP 027. Form of briefs. Amend. Deletes specific type fonts.
Supreme Court Order
Posted: August 2, 2011
Rules of Juvenile Procedure
URJP 029A. Visual recording of statement or testimony of child victim or witness of sexual or physical abuse – Conditions of admissibility. Amend. Modifies the conditions for using as evidence a recorded oral statement of a minor under 14.
Supreme Court Order