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RECENT RULES ORDERS

06-13-2013 (Effective September 16, 2013) The Supreme Court Amends Order Promulgating Amendments to the Rules of Practice for the District Courts regarding mandatory eFiling and eService.  The effective date has been amended to September 16, 2013.

06/07/2013 (Effective September 1, 2013) Supreme Court Promulgates Amendments to the Rules of Practice for the District Courts regarding Mandatory E-Filing and E-Service

05/08/2013 (Effective July 1, 2013)  Supreme Court Adopts Amendments Authorizing Expedited Civil Litigation Track Pilot Project

03/15/2013 (Effective July 1, 2013) Supreme Court Promulgates Amendments To The Rules Of Continuing Legal Education and Rules on Lawyer Registration Creating An Emeritus Lawyer Program

03/04/2013 (Effective May 1, 2013) Supreme Court Promulgates Amendments to the Student Practice Rules

02/12/2013 (Effective July 1,2013) Supreme Court Promulgates Corrective Amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure and General Rules of Practice Relating to the Civil Justice Reform Task Force.

02/04/2013 (Effective July 1, 2013) Supreme Court Adopts Amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure and General Rules of Practice Relating to the Civil Justice Reform Task Force.

01/17/2013 (Effective February 1, 2013) Supreme Court Promulgates Amendments to the Rules for Admission to the Bar Regarding Uniform Bar Examination and Rule 4B

01/17/2013 (Effective February 1, 2013) Supreme Court Promulgates Amendments to the Rules for Admission to the Bar Regarding House Counsel Pro Bono

01/17/2013 (Effective February 1, 2013) Supreme Court Promulgates Amendments to the Rules of Criminal Procedure Amending Rule 23.05

10/15/2012 (Effective December 1, 2012) Supreme Court Promulgates Amendments to the Rules of Juvenile Delinquency Procedure Authorizing ECourtMN Pilot Project

07/26/2012 (Effective September 1, 2012) Supreme Court Promulgates Amendments to the Rules of Criminal Procedure Authorizing ECourtMN Pilot Project Amending Rule 7.01 and Rule 33

07/25/2012 (Effective August 1, 2012) Supreme Court Orders Amendments to the Rules of Criminal Procedure Amending Rule 28.02 subd. 4(3)b

07/09/2012 (Effective September 1, 2012) Supreme Court Promulgates Amendments to the Rules of Adoption Procedure Authorizing ECourtMN Pilot Project

07/09/2012 (Effective September 1, 2012) Supreme Court Promulgates Amendments to the Rules of Juvenile Protection Procedure Authorizing ECourtMN Pilot Project

06/06/2012 (Effective August 1, 2012) Supreme Court Orders Amendments to the Rules of Criminal Procedure

05/24/2012 (Effective September 2, 2012) Supreme Court Promulgates Amendments Regarding E-Filing

PUBLIC ACCESS

(with amendments effective September 1, 2012)

• Rules of Public Access to Records of the Judicial Branch: Adobe PDF
• Access to Case Records Table: Word DOC, Adobe PDF
• Access to Administrative Records Table: Word DOC, Adobe PDF
• Access to Vital Statistics Records Tables: Word DOC,Adobe PDF

APPELLATE

Minnesota Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure (with amendments effective July 1, 2011): Word DOC, Adobe PDF

Appendix of Forms

CIVIL

Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure (with amendments effective September 1, 2012): Adobe PDF

Appendix of Forms

CRIMINAL

Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure (with amendments effective February 1, 2013): Adobe PDF

Appendix of Forms

EVIDENCE

Minnesota Rules of Evidence (with amendments effective September 1, 2006): Word DOC, Adobe PDF

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

Minnesota Rules of Juvenile Procedure (Delinquency, Juvenile Petty Offenses and Juvenile Traffic) (with amendments effective December 1, 2012): Adobe PDF

Appendix of Forms

GUARDIAN AD LITEM

Minnesota Rules for Guardian Ad Litem Procedure (with amendments effective January 1, 2007 and typographic and formatting corrections added June 6, 2007)

JUVENILE PROTECTION

Minnesota Rules of Juvenile Protection Procedure (with amendments effective September 1, 2012): Adobe PDF

ADOPTION PROCEDURE

Minnesota Rules of Adoption Procedure (with amendments effective September 1, 2012): Adobe PDF

GENERAL RULES OF PRACTICE

(with amendments effective July 1, 2011, unless noted otherwise below)

• Title I. Rules Applicable to All Court Proceedings (effective Sept. 1, 2012): Adobe PDF
• Title II. Rules Governing Civil Actions: Word DOC, Adobe PDF
• Title III. Registration of Land Titles: HTML, Word DOC, Adobe PDF
• Title IV. Rules of Family Court Procedure (effective May 1, 2012): Adobe PDF
• Title V. Probate Rules: HTML, Word DOC, Adobe PDF
• Title VI. Conciliation Court Rules: Word DOC, Adobe PDF
• Title VII. Housing Court Rules - Hennepin and Ramsey Counties:HTML, Word DOC, Adobe PDF
• Title VIII. Rules Relating to Criminal Matters: Word DOC, Adobe PDF
• Title IX. Jury Management Rules: Word DOC, Adobe PDF
• Title X. Rules of Guardian Ad Litem Procedure (located in the GAL section of our web site)
• Appendix of Forms