Civil Procedure (2007 Ed)

Rule 42 Form of Civil Action

• Rule 42.01 One Form of Action

Rule 45 Courts Always Open

• Rule 45.01 Courts Always Open for Certain Purposes

Rule 46 Clerk's Duties and Powers

• Rule 46.01 Clerk's Office, Open When—Motions and Proceedings Grantable by Clerk

Rule 47 Terms of Court

• Rule 47.01 Term of Court Shall Convene and Expire—How and When

Rule 48 Vacation and Judicial Sales

• Rule 48.01 Vacation—Construction—Judicial Sales, When Held

Rule 49 Forms of Writs and Other Process

• Rule 49.01 Forms Promulgated by This Court

Rule 50 Rules of Missouri Court of Appeals and Trial Courts

• Rule 50.01 Rules of Court of Appeals and Trial Courts—Copy to Clerk of This Court—Distribution

Rule 53 Commencement of Civil Action

• Rule 53.01 Commencement of Civil Action

Rule 54 Issuance and Service of Summons or Other Process

• Rule 54.01 Clerk to Issue Process—Separate or Additional Summons
• Rule 54.02 Summons Shall Be Signed by Clerk
• Rule 54.03 Service of Process Within the State—By Whom (Repealed)
• Rule 54.04 Summons—Service
• Rule 54.05 Deputies Acting for Clerk or Sheriff
• Rule 54.06 Service Outside the State on Persons, Firms, or Corporations Who Do Certain Acts in This State
• Rule 54.07 Service Outside the State on Persons Domiciled in or Residents of This State
• Rule 54.08 Service on Nonresident Motorists or Nonresident Watercraft Owners or Operators
• Rule 54.09 Service of Foreign Corporations
• Rule 54.10 Service on Insurance Companies Not Authorized to Do Business in This State
• Rule 54.11 Service on Resident or Nonresident Motor Carrier (Repealed)
• Rule 54.12 Service—In Rem or Quasi In Rem Civil Actions
• Rule 54.13 Personal Service Within the State
• Rule 54.14 Personal Service Outside the State
• Rule 54.15 Service on Secretary of State, Secretary of Public Service Commission, and Director of Insurance
• Rule 54.16 Acknowledgment of Service by Mail
• Rule 54.17 Service by Publication (Repealed)
• Rule 54.18 Service Authorized by Statute
• Rule 54.19 Provisions No Bar to Personal Service in State
• Rule 54.20 Proof of Service
• Rule 54.21 Time for Service and Return
• Rule 54.22 Court May Allow Process, Return, or Proof of Service to Be Amended, When

Rule 55 Pleadings and Motions

• Rule 55.01 Pleading Required
• Rule 55.02 Caption of Pleading—What Set Forth
• Rule 55.03 Signing of Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to Court; Sanctions
• Rule 55.04 Technical Forms Not Required in Pleading
• Rule 55.05 Pleading Setting Forth Claims for Relief Shall Contain What
• Rule 55.06 Joinder of Claims and Remedies
• Rule 55.07 Defenses—Form of Denials
• Rule 55.08 Affirmative Defenses
• Rule 55.09 Failure to Deny, Effect
• Rule 55.10 Pleading in Alternative—Consistency
• Rule 55.11 Averments, How Made
• Rule 55.12 Adoption of Statements by Reference—Exhibits
• Rule 55.13 Averments as to Capacity or Authority of Parties to Sue or Be Sued
• Rule 55.14 Partnership Deemed Confessed, Unless Denied
• Rule 55.15 Particularity Required in All Averments of Fraud or Mistake
• Rule 55.16 Averments and Denial of Conditions Precedent
• Rule 55.17 Official Documents or Acts—Form of Pleading
• Rule 55.18 Judgments and Decisions—Form of Pleading
• Rule 55.19 Special and Punitive Damages
• Rule 55.20 Libel and Slander Averments—Defenses
• Rule 55.21 Pleading a Private Statute or Right Derived Therefrom, and Judicial Notice of Law of Other States
• Rule 55.22 Pleading Written Instrument
• Rule 55.23 Execution of Written Instrument Deemed Confessed—When
• Rule 55.24 Pleadings, How Construed
• Rule 55.25 Time of Pleading
• Rule 55.26 Motions, Form of
• Rule 55.27 Defenses and Objections—How Presented—By Pleading or Motion—Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings
• Rule 55.28 Evidence on Motions
• Rule 55.29 Place of Hearing and Acts in Chambers
• Rule 55.30 Times and Places for Hearing Motions to Be Established—Submission on Written Statements Without Oral Hearing
• Rule 55.31 Objection That No Demand Has Been Made Not Available, When
• Rule 55.32 Counterclaim and Cross-Claim
• Rule 55.33 Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
• Rule 55.34 Remand of Case Removed to Federal Court

Rule 63 Trial Settings

• Rule 63.01 Trial Settings—Single-Judge Circuits
• Rule 63.02 Trial Settings—Multiple-Judge Circuits

Rule 64 Trial, Where Conducted

• Rule 64.01 Trial, Where Conducted (Repealed)