RULE 83. PRACTICE WHEN PROCEDURE NOT SPECIFIED
Pursuant to the North Dakota Local Court Rules (NDLocalCtR) each judicial district may from time to time make and amend rules governing practice in all of the courts in that judicial district not inconsistent with these rules or other rules prescribed by the Supreme Court. Upon adoption of any local rule it shall be referred to the Clerk of the Supreme Court for referral to the appropriate standing committee under Section 8, Rule on Procedural Rules, Administrative Rules and Administrative Orders of the North Dakota Supreme Court (NDRPR), for study and for recommendations to the Supreme Court for continuance, rejection, or adoption as a statewide rule.
In all cases not provided for by rule or statute the district court may regulate its practice in any proceeding properly before it in any manner not inconsistent with rules adopted by the court pursuant to NDLocalCtR or by the Supreme Court or with any applicable statute.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Rule 83 permits local rules within each judicial district only if they are adopted pursuant to North Dakota Local Court Rules (NDLocalCtR). All local rules heretofore adopted are hereby abrogated.
All local rules must be consistent with rules adopted by the Supreme Court.
Local rules may be adopted without prior Supreme Court approval. However, any adopted local rule must be referred to the Clerk of the Supreme Court (Rule 7.2 NDLocalCtR) for referral to the appropriate Supreme Court advisory committee in Section 8, NDRPR. Supreme Court advisory committees will study the referred rule and make appropriate recommendations to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court may adopt the local rule as a statewide rule, or may permit the district to continue the rule as a local rule, or may prohibit the district from continuing to use the local rule.
SOURCES: Rule 83, FRCivP; North Dakota Local Court Rules (NDLocalCtR).
CROSS REFERENCE: Rule 57 (Practice When Procedure Not Specified), N.D.R.Crim.P.; Rule 83 FRCivP; N.D.R.Ct.