MEMO
TO: Joint Procedure Committee
FROM: Andy Forward
DATE: December 31, 2009
RE: Rule 86, N.D.R.Civ.P., Effective Date; Statutes Superseded
Staff has prepared amendments to Rule 86 based on the federal form and style
amendments. The amendments are intended make the rule more easily understood and to
make style and terminology consistent throughout the rules. The amendments also aim to
modernize the rule, removing references to obsolete authority and practices.
The date the rules originally took effect was moved from subdivision (a) to the
explanatory note. The proposed amendments to Rule 86 are attached along with a copy of
the amendments to the federal rule.