Amendments to North Dakota Rules as Adopted

Amendments to North Dakota Rules as Adopted - 20070205

IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

ORDER OF ADOPTION
Supreme Court No. 20070205

Proposed Amendments to the North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rules of Evidence, Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rules of Court, and Supreme Court Administrative Orders

On July 13, 2007, the Joint Procedure Committee filed a Petition with proposed amendments to North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure 5, 26, 33, 34, 37, 40, 45, 50; Criminal Procedure 17, 37, 43; Evidence 404, 408, 510, 606, 609; Appellate Procedure 2.1, 4, 10, 14, 25, 26, 28, 31, 32, 40, 44; Rules of Court 10.1; and Supreme Court Administrative Orders 14 and 16. Subsequently, on October 16, 2007, the Joint Procedure Committee filed supplemental proposed amendments to North Dakota Rules of Appellate Procedure 10; Civil Procedure 26, 33, 34, 37; and a complementary amendment to Civil Procedure Rule 16. The Court, on its own, considered amendments to North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure 12 and Form 20, as well as North Dakota Rule of Court 8.3, which conform the rules to the proposed amendments. The Court considered the matter, and

ORDERED, that proposed amendments to the North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure 5, 12, 16, 26, 33, 34, 37, 40, 45, 50, and Form 20; Criminal Procedure 17, 37, and 43; Evidence 404, 408, 510, 606, and 609; Appellate Procedure 2.1, 4, 10, 14, 25, 26, 28, 31, 32, 40, and 44; Rules of Court 8.3 and 10.1; and Supreme Court Administrative Orders 14 and 16, as further amended by the Court, are ADOPTED effective March 1, 2008.

The Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota convened December 12, 2007, with the Honorable Gerald W. VandeWalle, Chief Justice, and the Honorable Dale V. Sandstrom, the Honorable Mary Muehlen Maring, the Honorable Carol Ronning Kapsner, the Honorable Daniel J. Crothers, Justices, directing the Clerk of the Supreme Court to enter the above order.

Penny Miller
Clerk
North Dakota Supreme Court