Category: URCP030

Rules of Civil Procedure

URCP 026. General provisions governing disclosure and discovery. Amend. Refers the person requesting extraordinary discovery to rule 37.
URCP 030. Depositions upon oral questions. Amend. Deletes an incorrect reference to appellate transcripts of court hearings as the method for preparing a transcript of a deposition.
URCP 037. Discovery and disclosure motions; Sanctions. Amend. Replaces traditional discovery motions with the process of expedited statements of discovery issues currently found in Code of Judicial Administration Rule 4-502. If approved, the procedural provisions of Rule 4-502 will be deleted. Allows costs and attorney’s fees to be included as part of a statement of discovery issues, but requires a motion for sanctions.
URCP 045. Subpoena. Amend. Refers the person objecting to a subpoena or requesting an order to compel to rule 37. Requires that a third-party subpoena be served on the other parties.
Supreme Court Order.

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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.
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