RULE 36. ENTRY OF JUDGMENT
Effective Date: 3/1/1999
Obsolete Date: 3/1/2003
The notation of a judgment in the docket constitutes entry of the judgment. The clerk shall prepare, sign and enter the judgment following receipt of the opinion of the court unless the opinion directs settlement of the form of the judgment, in which event the clerk shall prepare, sign and enter the judgment following final settlement by the court. If a judgment is rendered without an opinion, the clerk shall prepare, sign and enter the judgment following instruction from the court. The clerk shall, on the date judgment is entered, mail or send by third-party commercial carrier to all parties a copy of the opinion, if any, or of the judgment if no opinion was written, and notice of the date of entry of the judgment.
Rule 36 was amended, effective March 1, 1999; March 1, 2003; March 1, 2007; October 1, 2014.
This rule is derived from Fed.R.App.P. 36. It is intended to clarify what constitutes entry of a judgment or order.
Rule 36 was amended, effective March 1, 1999, to allow the clerk of the supreme court to send a copy of the opinion by commercial carrier as an alternative to the Postal Service.
Rule 36 was amended, effective March 1, 2003. The language and organization of the rule were changed to make the rule more easily understood and to make style and terminology consistent throughout the rules.
Subdivision (b) was amended, effective March 1, 2007, to allow the clerk of the supreme court to send the opinion or judgment by electronic means.
Rule 36 was amended, effective October 1, 2014, to replace "supreme court clerk" with "clerk of the supreme court."
SOURCES: Joint Procedure Committee Minutes of April 25-26, 2002, pages 18-19; January 27-30, 1998, page 21. Fed.R.App.P. 36.
STATUTES AFFECTED:
SUPERSEDED: N.D.C.C. §§ 28-27-30 and 29-28-32.