Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure
Rule 1. Scope of Rules
Rule 2. One Form of Action
Rule 3. Commencement of Action
Rule 4. Process
4.01 - Summons; issuance; by whom served
4.02 - Summons; form
4.03 - Summons; return
4.04 - Service upon defendants within the State
4.05 - Service upon defendant outside this State
4.06 - Reserved
4.07 - Waiver of service; duty to save costs of service; request to waive
4.08 - Constructive service
4.09 - Amendment
Rule 4A. Service Upon Defendant in a Foreign Country
Rule 4B. Service Upon Secretary of State as Agent for Service of Appeals
Rule 5. Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers
5.01 - Service - when required
5.02 - Service - how made
5.03 - Service - proof of
5.04 - Service - numerous defendants
5.05 - Filing
5.06 - Filing with the court defined
Rule 5A. Facsimile Filing of Papers
5A.01 - Definitions
5A.02 - Filing procedures
5A.03 - Effect of facsimile filing
5A.04 - Facsimile service charge
Rule 6. Time
6.01 - Computation
6.02 - Enlargement
6.03 - Unaffected by expiration of term - Chambers orders
6.04 - For motions - affidavits
6.05 - Additional time after service by mail
Rule 7. Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions
7.01 - Pleadings
7.02 - Motions and other papers
7.03 - Demurrers, pleas, etc., abolished
Rule 8. General Rules of Pleading
8.01 - Claims for relief
8.02 - Defenses - form of denials
8.03 - Affirmative defenses
8.04 - Effect of failure to deny
8.05 - Pleading to be concise and direct - statutes, ordinances and regulations - - consistency
8.06 - Construction of pleadings
Rule 9. Pleading Special Matters
9.01 - Capacity
9.02 - Fraud, mistake, condition of the mind
9.03 - Conditions precedent
9.04 - Official document or act
9.05 - Judgment
9.06 - Time and place
9.07 - Special damage
Rule 9A. Petition for Termination of Parental Rights; Content of Petition
Rule 10. Form of Pleadings
10.01 - Caption - names of parties
10.02 - Paragraphs - separate statements
10.03 - Exhibits
10.04 - Adoption by reference
Rule 11. Signing of Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations
To Court; Sanctions
11.01 - Signature
11.02 - Representations to court
11.03 - Sanctions
11.04 - Inapplicability to discovery
Rule 12. Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; By Pleading
Or Motion; Motion for Judgment on Pleadings
12.01 - When presented
12.02 - How presented
12.03 - Motion for judgment on pleadings
12.04 - Preliminary hearings
12.05 - Motion for more definite statement
12.06 - Motion to strike
12.07 - Consolidation of defenses
12.08 - Waiver of defenses
Rule 13. Counterclaim and Cross-Claim
13.01 - Compulsory counterclaims
13.02 - Permissive counterclaim
13.03 - Counterclaim exceeding opposing claim
13.04 - Counterclaim against the State of Tennessee
13.05 - Counterclaim maturing or acquired after pleading
13.06 - Omitted counterclaim
13.07 - Cross-claim against co-party
13.08 - Additional parties may be brought in
13.09 - Separate trial - separate judgments
Rule 14. Third Party Practice
14.01 - When defendant may bring in third party
14.02 - When plaintiff may bring in third party
Rule 15. Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
15.01 - Amendments
15.02 - Amendments to conform to the evidence
15.03 - Relation back of amendments
15.04 - Supplemental pleadings
Rule 16. Scheduling and Planning, Pretrial, and Final Pretrial
Conferences and Orders
16.01 - Scheduling and planning conferences and orders
16.02 - Pretrial conferences; objectives
16.03 - Subjects to be discussed at pretrial conferences
16.04 - Final pretrial conference
16.05 - Pretrial order
16.06 - Sanctions
Rule 17. Parties Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity
17.01 - Real party in interest
17.02 - Capacity to sue or be sued
17.03 - Infants or incompetent persons
Rule 18. Joinder of Claims and Remedies
18.01 - Joinder of claims
18.02 - Joinder of remedies
Rule 19. Joinder of Persons Needed for Just Adjudication
19.01 - Persons to be joined if feasible
19.02 - Determination by court whenever joinder not feasible
19.03 - Pleading reasons for nonjoinder
19.04 - Exception of class actions
Rule 20. Permissive Joinder of Parties
20.01 - Permissive joinder
20.02 - Separate trials
Rule 21. Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties
Rule 22. Interpleader
22.01 - Generally
22.02 - Procedure
Rule 23. Class Actions
23.01 - Prerequisites to a class action
23.02 - Class actions maintainable
23.03 - Determination by order whether class action to be maintained - notice, - judgment - actions conducted
23.04 - Orders in conduct of actions
23.05 - Dismissal or compromise
Rule 24. Intervention
24.01 - Intervention as of right
24.02 - Permissive intervention
24.03 - Procedure
24.04 - Notice to Attorney General when statute, rule or. regulation is - questioned
Rule 25. Substitution of Parties
25.01 - Death
25.02 - Incompetency
25.03 - Transfer of interest
25.04 - Public officers - death or separation from office
Rule 26. General Provisions Governing Discovery
26.01 - Discovery methods
26.02 - Discovery scope and limits
26.03 - Protective orders
26.04 - Sequence and timing of discovery
26.05 - Supplementation of responses
26.06 - Discovery conference
26.07 - Signing of discovery requests, responses, and objections
Rule 27. Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal
27.01 - Before action
27.02 - Pending appeal
27.03 - Perpetuation by action
27.04 - Filing and recording
Rule 28. Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken
28.01 - Within the United States
28.02 - In foreign countries
28.03 - Disqualification for interest
Rule 29. Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure
Rule 30. Depositions Upon Oral Examination
30.01 - When depositions may be taken
30.02 - Notice of examination: general requirements; special notice; non-stenographic - recording; production of documents and things; - deposition of organization; deposition by telephone
30.03 - Examination and cross-examination; record of examination; oath; - objections
30.04 - Motion to terminate or limit examination
30.05 - Submission to witness; changes; signing
30.06 - Disposition
30.07 - Failure to attend or to serve subpoena; expenses
Rule 31. Depositions Upon Written Questions
31.01 - Serving questions; notice
31.02 - Officer to take responses and prepare record
31.03 - Notice of filing
Rule 32. Use of Depositions in Court Proceedings
32.01 - Use of depositions
32.02 - Objections to admissibility
32.03 - Effect of taking or using depositions
32.04 - Effect of errors and irregularities in depositions
Rule 33. Interrogatories to Parties
33.01 - Availability; procedures for use
33.02 - Scope; use at trial
33.03 - Option to produce business records
Rule 34. Production of Documents and Things and Entry Upon Land For
Inspection and Other Purposes
34.01 - Scope
34.02 - Procedure
34.03 - Persons not parties
Rule 34A. Testing of Tangible Things
34A.01 - Testing of tangible things
34A.02 - Other spoliation
Rule 35. Physical and Mental Examination of Persons
35.01 - Order for examination
35.02 - Report of examining physician
Rule 36. Requests for Admission
36.01 - Request for admission
36.02 - Effect of admission
Rule 37. Failure to Make or Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions
37.01 - Motion for order compelling discovery
37.02 - Failure to comply with order
37.03 - Expenses on failure to admit
37.04 - Failure of party to attend at own deposition or serve answers to interrogatories - or respond to requests for inspection
37.05 - Failure to participate in the framing of a discovery plan
Rule 38. Jury Trial of Right
38.01 - Right preserved
38.02 - Demand
38.03 - Demand - cases removed to trial court
38.04 - Demand - specification of issues
38.05 - Waiver
Rule 39. Trial by Jury or by the Court
39.01 - By jury
39.02 - By the court
39.03 - Advisory jury
Rule 40. Setting Cases for Trial
Rule 41. Dismissal of Actions
41.01 - Voluntary dismissal - effect thereof
41.02 - Involuntary dismissal - effect thereof
41.03 - Dismissal of counterclaim, cross-claim or third-party claim
41.04 - Costs of previously dismissed action
Rule 42. Consolidation: Separate Trials
42.01 - Consolidation
42.02 - Separate trials
Rule 43. Evidence
43.01 - Evidence at trials
43.02 - Evidence at motion hearings
43.03 - Order of expert testimony
43.04 - Matters considered by court
Rule 43A. Juror Information
43A.01 - Juror notetaking
43A.02 - Juror notebooks
43A.03 - Juror questions of witnesses
Rule 44. (Reserved)
Rule 44A. Interim Commentary
Rule 45. Subpoena
45.01 - For attendance of witnesses - form - issuance
45.02 - For production of documentary evidence
45.03 - Service
45.04 - Subpoena for taking depositions - place of deposition
45.05 - Subpoena for a hearing or trial - personal attendance
45.06 - Contempt
45.07 - Requirement of trial, hearing or deposition
Rule 46. Exceptions Unnecessary
Rule 47. Jurors
47.01 - Examination of jurors
47.02 - Additional jurors
47.03 - Procedures for exercising peremptory challenges
Rule 48. Juries of Less Than Twelve: Majority Verdict
Rule 49. Special Verdicts and Interrogatories
49.01 - Special verdicts
49.02 - General verdict accompanied by answer to interrogatories
49.03 - Right to require general verdict
Rule 50. Motion for a Directed Verdict
50.01 - When made - effect
50.02 - Reservation of decision on motion
50.03 - Conditional rulings on grant of motion
50.04 - Denial of motion
50.05 - Motion for new trial not necessary after directed verdict
Rule 51. Instructions to Jury: Objection
51.01 - Requests for instructions
51.02 - Objection - failure to object
51.03 - Timing
51.04 - Written form
Rule 52. Findings by the Court
52.01 - Findings required upon request
52.02 - Amendment
Rule 53. Masters
53.01 - Appointment and compensation
53.02 - Powers
53.03 - Proceedings
53.04 - Report
53.05 - Application to references to Clerks and Masters
Rule 54. Judgments and Costs
54.01 - Definition - form
54.02 - Multiple claims for relief
54.03 - Demand for judgment
54.04 - Costs
Rule 55. Default
55.01 - Entry
55.02 - Setting aside default
55.03 - Plaintiffs, counterclaims, cross-claimants
55.04 - Judgment against State of Tennessee
Rule 56. Summary Judgment
56.01 - For claimant
56.02 - For defending party
56.03 - Specifying material facts
56.04 - Motion and proceedings thereon
56.05 - Case not fully adjudicated on motion
56.06 - Form of affidavits - further testimony - defense required
56.07 - When affidavits are unavailable
56.08 - Affidavits made in bad faith
Rule 57. Declaratory Judgments
Rule 58. Entry of Judgment
Rule 59. New Trials and Alteration or Amendment of Judgments
59.01 - Motions included
59.02 - Time for motions
59.03 - Time for serving affidavits
59.04 - Motion to alter or amend a judgment
59.05 - On initiative of court
59.06 - New trial where verdict is against the weight of the evidence
Rule 60. Relief from Judgments or Orders
60.01 - Clerical mistakes
60.02 - Mistakes - inadvertence - excusable neglect - fraud, etc
Rule 61. (Reserved)
Rule 62. Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment
62.01 - Initial stay; exceptions
62.02 - Additional stay on specified timely motions
62.03 - Relief pending appeal
62.04 - Stay on appeal
62.05 - Bond for stay
62.06 - Stay in favor of the State or agency thereof
62.07 - Power of trial court not limited
62.08 - Power of appellate court not limited
62.09 - Entry, enforcement or stay of judgment as to multiple claims or - multiple parties
Rule 63. Inability of a Judge to Proceed
Rule 64. Seizure of Person or Property
Rule 65. Injunctions
65.01 - Injunctive relief
65.02 - Requisites of restraining order or injunction - parties bound
65.03 - Restraining order
65.04 - Temporary injunction
65.05 - Injunction bond
65.06 - Enforcement of restraining orders and injunctions
65.07 - Exceptions
Rule 65A. Form of Security; Proceedings Against Sureties
Rule 66. Receivers
Rule 67. Deposit in Court
67.01 - In an action
67.02 - Court may order deposit or seizure of property
67.03 - Money paid into Court
67.04 - Post-judgment interest
Rule 68. Offer of Judgment
Rule 69. Execution on Judgments
69.01 - Scope
69.02 - Sequence
69.03 - Discovery
69.04 - Extension of time
69.05 - Garnishment
69.06 - Execution on personalty
69.07 - Execution on realty