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Part I — Scope of Rules - One Form of Action

1 Scope of Rules
2 One Form of Action

Part II — Commencement of the Action; Service of Process, Pleadings, Motions and Orders

3 Commencement of the Action; Service of the Complaint; Filing of the Action D
4 Service D
5 Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Documents D
6 Time D

Part III — Pleadings and Motions

7 Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions
8 General Rules of Pleading
9 Pleading Special Matters
10 Form of Pleadings
11 Signing of Pleadings, Motions, and Other Documents; Representations to Court; Sanctions D
12 Defenses and Objections; When and How Presented; By Pleading or Motion; Motion for Judgment on Pleadings D
13 Counterclaim and Cross-Claim
14 Third-Party Practice D
15 Amended and Supplemental Pleadings D
16 Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management

Part IV — Parties

17 Parties Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity
18 Joinder of Claims and Remedies
19 Joinder of Persons Needed for Just Adjudication
20 Permissive Joinder of Parties
21 Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties
22 Interpleader
23 Class Actions
24 Intervention D
25 Substitution of Parties

Part V — Depositions and Discovery

26 Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery D
27 Deposition Before Action or Pending Appeal D
28 Persons Before Whom Depositions May be Taken
29 Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure
30 Depositions Upon Oral Examination D
31 Depositions of Witnesses Upon Written Questions D
32 Use of Depositions in Court Proceedings D
33 Interrogatories to Parties D
34 Production of Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Things and Entry Upon Land for Inspection and Other Purposes D
35 Physical, Mental, and Blood Examination of Persons D
36 Requests for Admission D
37 Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery: Sanctions

Part VI — Trials

38 Jury Trial of Right
39 Trial by Jury or by the Court
40 Assignment of Cases for Trial
41 Dismissal of Actions
42 Separate Trials
43 Taking of Testimony
44 Proof of Official Record
45 Subpoena D
46 Exceptions Unnecessary
47 Jurors
48 Number of Jurors; Participation in Verdict
49 Special Verdicts and Interrogatories
50 Judgment as a Matter of Law in Jury Trials; Alternative Motion for New Trial; Conditional Rulings
51 Instructions to the Jury; Objections; Preserving a Claim of Error
52 Findings by the Court D
53 Masters D

Part VII — Provisional and Final Remedies and Special Proceedings

54 Judgments; Costs D
55 Default D
56 Summary Judgment D
57 Declaratory Judgments
58 Entry of Judgment; Stay D
59 New Trials D
60 Relief From Judgment or Order D
61 Harmless Error
62 Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment
63 Disability or Disqualification of Judge; Notice to Remove; Assignment of a Judge D
64 Seizure of Person or Property
65 Injunctions
66 Receivers
67 Deposit in Court
68 Offer of Judgment or Settlement D
69 Execution
70 Judgment for Specific Acts; Vesting Title
71 Process in Behalf of and Against Persons not Parties

Part VIII — District Courts and Court Administrators

77 District Courts and Court Administrators
80 Stenographic Report or Transcript as Evidence
81 Applicability; in General
82 Jurisdiction and Venue
83 Rules by District Courts
84 Appendix of Forms
85 Title
86 Effective Date

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Part I · Scope of Rules - One Form of Action

Rule 2. One Form of Action

Amended July 1, 2025 (current)

There shall be one form of action to be known as "civil action."

Source: Minn. R. Civ. P. 2

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