Court Rules - CNMI Law

Court Rules (38 current · 5 archived)

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Rule	Rule Name	Citation	Effective Date	PDF
R45	Admission	NMI SUP. CT. R.	2025-08-04	PDF ↓
R33	Alternative Dispute Resolution	NMI R. ADR	2021-12-13	PDF ↓
R07	Attorney Discipline & Procedure	NMI R. ATT'Y DISC. & P.	2019-09-17	PDF ↓
R30	Child Support Guidelines	NMI CHILD SUPP. G.	2020-04-06	PDF ↓
R05	Civil Procedure	NMI R. CIV. P.	2019-01-09	PDF ↓
R04	Code of Judicial Conduct	NMI CODE JUD. COND.	2025-09-09	PDF ↓
R15	Continuing Legal Education	NMI R. CLE	2023-05-14	PDF ↓
R06	Criminal Procedure	COM. R. CR. P.	2017-05-03	PDF ↓
R46	Drug Court Program Policies and Procedures	NMI Drug Ct. P.P.	2025-12-17	PDF ↓
R17	Electronic Filing and Service	NMI R. ELEC. FILING	2021-12-11	PDF ↓
R34	Electronic Recordation	NMI R. ELEC. REC.	2021-06-15	PDF ↓
R08	Evidence	NMI R. EVID.	2015-02-22	PDF ↓
R37	Family Dispute Mediation	NMI R. FAM. DISP. M.	2023-05-16	PDF ↓
R21	Governing Court-Appointed, Certified Mediators	Com. R. Cert. Med.	2001-02-20	PDF ↓
R13	Governing Procedure for Traffic Cases and Other Infractions	NMI. R. TRAFF. P.	2024-01-05	PDF ↓
R36	Guardianship Procedure	NMI R. GUARD. P.	2023-03-25	PDF ↓
R27	In Forma Pauperis	NMI R. IFP	2018-05-01	PDF ↓
R23	Indigent Representation	NMI R. INDIG. REP.	2012-09-22	PDF ↓
R29	Interpreter & Translator Code of Conduct	NMI INTERP. & TRANS. CODE	2020-03-05	PDF ↓
R24	Judicial Branch Personnel Rules	NMI JUD. PERS. R.	2015-02-18	PDF ↓
R02	Judicial Council	NMI SUP. CT. R.	2020-03-18	PDF ↓
R44	Judicial Disciplinary Procedure	NMI R. JUD. DIS. P.	2025-12-10	PDF ↓
R16	Judicial Retention Election Conduct	COM. R. RET. ELEC.	2002-08-15	PDF ↓
R28	Judiciary Branch Travel Policy		2019-09-17	PDF ↓
R18	Judiciary Fee Schedule		2017-03-01	PDF ↓
R38	Judiciary Language Access Plan and Policy		2024-02-20	PDF ↓
R32	Judiciary Procurement	NMI JUD. R. PROC.	2020-08-11	PDF ↓
R31	Judiciary Sexual Harassment Policy	NMI J. SEXUAL H. POL'Y	2020-05-04	PDF ↓
R09	Juvenile Delinquency Procedure	NMI R. JUV. P.	1996-07-15	PDF ↓
R10	Legal Intern Program		2005-03-19	PDF ↓
R35	Mental Health Court Docket Policies and Procedures	NMI MHC PP	2021-07-03	PDF ↓
R20	Policy on Public Access to Judicial Branch Admin. Records		2007-09-06	PDF ↓
R11	Practice	COM. R. PRAC.	2018-03-26	PDF ↓
R12	Probate Procedure	NMI R. PROB. P.	2024-11-13	PDF ↓
R22	Procedure for Administrative Appeals	NMI R. ADMIN APPEALS P.	2010-09-07	PDF ↓
R01	Supreme Court Rules	NMI SUP. CT. R.	2024-03-15	PDF ↓
R26	Supreme Court Style Manual		2017-01-01	PDF ↓
R14	Tax Rules of Practice & Procedure	NMI R. TAX	1999-05-11	PDF ↓

Archived & Superseded Rules (5)

Earlier versions are retained for reference; the current rule of the same name appears above. This archive is not exhaustive, and the LRC is continuing to review and add available former rules.

Rule	Rule Name	Citation	Effective Date	PDF
R05	Civil Procedure	COM. R. CIV. P.	2014-12-22	PDF ↓
R04	Code of Judicial Conduct	NMI CODE JUD. COND.	1989-12-03	PDF ↓
R25	Drug Court Policies & Procedures	NMI Drug Ct. P.P.	2024-09-12	PDF ↓
R19	Judicial Disciplinary Procedure on Interim Basis	NMI R. JUD. DIS. P.	2007-08-29	PDF ↓
R12	Probate Procedure	COM. R. PRO.	1996-07-15	PDF ↓