THE MAINE RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE COMPLETE WITH ADVISORY NOTES
Last reviewed and edited December 15, 2011
Includes amendments effective January 1, 2012
Maine Rules of Civil Procedure Only (September 2012)
(Below are PDF links to the individual rules to eliminate the need for downloading the entire document)
Rule 3 - Commencement of Action
Rule 5 - Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers
Rule 7 - Pleadings Allowed: Form of Motions
Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading
Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters
Rule 11 - Signing of Pleadings and Motions; Sanctions
Rule 13 - Counterclaim and Cross-Claim
Rule 14 - Third-Party Practice
Rule 15 - Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
Rule 16 - Pretrial Procedure in the Superior Court
Rules 16A - Pretrial Procedure in the District Court
Rule 16B - Alternative Dispute Resolution
Rule 17 - Parties Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity
Rule 17A - Settlement of Claims of Infant Plaintiffs
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 Nonjoinder of Parties
Rule 23A - Derivative Actions by Shareholders
Rule 23B - Derivative Actions by Members of Unincorporated Associations
Rule 25 - Substitution of Parties
Rule 26 - General Provisions Governing Discovery
Rule 27 - Discovery Before Action or Pending Appeal
Rule 28 - Persons Before Whom Depositions May be Taken
Rule 29 - Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure
Rule 30 - Depositions Upon Oral Examination
Rule 31 - Depositions Upon Written Questions
Rule 32 - Use of Depositions in Court Proceedings
Rule 33 - Interrogatories to Parties
Rule 34 - Production of Documents 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 Discovery: Sanctions
Rule 38 - Jury Trial of Right in the Superior Court
Rule 39 - Trial by Jury or by the Court
Rule 40 - Assignment of Cases for Trial; Continuances
Rule 41 - Dismissal of Actions
Rule 42 - Consolidation; Separate Trials
Rules 44 & 44A Rule 44 - Proof of Official Record; Rule 44A - Determination of Foreign Law
Rule 46 - Preserving Objections
Rule 48 - Majority Verdict; Stipulations as to Number
Rule 49 - Special Verdicts and Interrrogatories
Rule 50 - Judgment as a Matter of Law
Rule 51 - Argument of Counsel; Instructions to Jury
Rule 52 - Findings by the Court
Rules 54 & 54A Rule 54 - Judgments; Costs; Rule 54A - Court Fees
Rule 57 - Declaratory Judgments
Rule 59 - New Trials: Amendment of Judgments
Rule 60 - Relief from Judgment or Order
Rule 62 - Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment
Rule 63 - Inability of a Judge to Proceed
Rule 66 - Contempt Proceedings
Rule 70 - Judgment for Specific Acts
Rule 71 - Process in Behalf of and Against Persons Not Parties
Rule 72 through Rule 76B & 76I [Are Replaced by Maine Rules of Appellate Procedure]
Rule 76C - Removal to the Superior Court
Rule 76D - Appeal to the Superior Court
Rule 76I [Replaced by Maine Rules of Appellate Procedure]
Rule 77 - Superior and District Courts and Clerks
Rule 79 - Books and Records Kept by the Clerk and Entries Therein - Updated August, 2009
Rule 80 - Divorce and Annulment - Abrogated, but still included as of August, 2009
Rule 80B - Review of Governmental Action
Rule 80C - Review of Final Agency Action
Rule 80D - Forcible Entry and Detainer
Rules 80E & 80F Rule 80E - Administrative Inspection Warrants; Rule 80F - Traffic Infractions
Rules 80G & 80H Rule 80G - Actions for License Revocation or Suspension; Rule 80H - Civil Violations
Rule 80I - Search Warrants for Schedule Z Drugs
Rule 80J - Warrants for Surveys and Tests
Rule 80K - Land Use Violations
Rule 80L - Jury Trial de novo in Small Claims Appeals to the Superior Court
Rule 80M - Medical Malpractice Screening Panels (Adopted February 2009) (updated August, 2009) Exhibits to Rule 80M Committee Report
Rule 81 - Applicability of Rules
Rule 82 - Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected
Rule 87 - Publication of Orders and Standards
Rule 88 - Assignment of Counsel
Rule 90 - Legal Assistance by Law Students
Rule 91 - Proceedings for Waiver of Payment of Fees or Costs
Rule 92 - Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Service
Rule 100 - Scope of the Family Division Rules
Rule 107 - Orders Prior to Judgment
Rule 109 - Failure to Appear; Sanctions
Rule 110A - Prehearing Schedule and Procedure for Cases Involving Minor Children
Rule 110B - Prehearing Schedule and Procedure for Cases Involving NO Minor Children
Rule 111 - Joinder, Consolidation and Intervention
Rule 113 - Time for Final Hearing
Rule 115 - No Judgment Without Hearing; Judgments to be Final
Rule 116 - Dismissal of Actions
Rule 118 - Final Orders of Family Law Magistrates; Judicial Review
Rule 120 - Post-Judgment Relief
Rule 121 - Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment
Rule 122 - Transfer from Superior Court to District Court
Rule 123 - Appeals to the Law Court
Rule 124 - Removal to Superior Court
