Title 7 — Civil Procedure
21 chapters · 163 sections in this title.
7 CMC § 2411 Single Publication: One Cause of Action
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2411. Single Publication: One Cause of Action. No person shall have more than one cause of action for damages for libel or slander or invasion of privacy or any other tort founded upon any single publication o…
7 CMC § 2412 Judgment as Bar to Other Actions
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2412. Judgment as Bar to Other Actions. A judgment in any jurisdiction or against the plaintiff upon the substantive merits of any action for damages founded upon a single publication or exhibition or utteranc…
7 CMC § 2421 Authority of Court to Render
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2421. Authority of Court to Render. In a case of actual controversy within its jurisdiction, the Commonwealth Trial Court, upon the filing of an appropriate pleading, may declare the rights and other legal rel…
7 CMC § 2431 Conciliation Jurisdiction
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2431. Conciliation Jurisdiction. (a) The Commonwealth Trial Court may, at the request of a party to any civil controversy (other than annulment, divorce and adoption), endeavor to effect an amicable settlement…
7 CMC § 2441 Bounced Checks: Definitions
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2441. Bounced Checks: Definitions. As used in this article: (a) “Bank” includes depository. (b) “Check” includes any draft or order upon any bank or depository or upon or to any person for the payment of money…
7 CMC § 2442 Bounced Checks: Treble Damages and Attorney's Fees
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2442. Bounced Checks: Treble Damage and Attorney’s Fees. (a) Any person, who makes, utters, draws or delivers any check, payment of which is refused or dishonored due to lack of funds or credit to pay, or is r…
7 CMC § 2451 Definitions
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2451. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Defendant” means a person (including corporation, association, partnership and firm or governmental entity) aga…
7 CMC § 2452 Security
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2452. Security. In any litigation pending in any Commonwealth court, at any time until final judgment is entered, a defendant may move the court, upon notice and hearing, for an order requiring the plaintiff t…
7 CMC § 2453 Evidence
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2453. Evidence. At the hearing upon the motion the court shall consider any evidence, written or oral, by witnesses or affidavit, as may be material to the ground of the motion. Except for an order dismissing …
7 CMC § 2454 Determination; Dismissal
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2454. Determination; Dismissal. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if, after hearing the evidence upon the motion, the court determines that the plaintiff is a vexatious litigant and tha…
7 CMC § 2455 Security Not Furnished
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2455. Security Not Furnished. When security that has been ordered furnished is not furnished as ordered, the litigation shall be dismissed as to the defendant for whose benefit it was ordered furnished. Source…
7 CMC § 2456 Ten Days to Plead
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2456. Ten Days to Plead. Except as provided in 7 CMC § 2454(b), when a motion pursuant to 7 CMC § 2452 is filed prior to trial the litigation is stayed, and the moving defendant need not plead, until 10 days a…
7 CMC § 2457 Prefiling Order
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2457. Prefiling Order. (a) In addition to any other relief provided in this article, the court may, on its own motion or the motion of any party, enter a prefiling order which prohibits a vexatious litigant fr…
7 CMC § 2458 Vacate Prefiling Order
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2458. Vacate Prefiling Order. (a) A vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order under 7 CMC § 2457 may file an application to vacate the prefiling order and remove his or her name from the clerk of court’s…
7 CMC § 2461 Order of Court for Release of Confidential Information: Procedure
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2461. Order of Court for Release of Confidential Information: Procedure An application to a court for an order requiring the Commission or its members or employees to release any information declared by law or…
7 CMC § 2462 Commonwealth Casino Commission May Refuse to Disclose Certain Information
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2462. Commonwealth Casino Commission May Refuse to Disclose Certain Information Commonwealth Casino Commission may refuse to disclose or reveal certain matters in court or administrative proceedings. The Commo…
7 CMC § 3401 Applicability of Common Law
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 3: TRIAL § 3401. Applicability of Common Law. In all proceedings, the rules of the common law, as expressed in the restatements of the law approved by the American Law Institute and, to the extent not so expressed as generally understood and appl…
7 CMC § 4401 Short Title
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 4: JUDGMENTS; ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS § 4401. Short Title. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act of 1994. Source: PL 9-41 § 1. Commission Comment: PL 9-41 took effect June 5, 1995. The Revised Uniform Enfo…
7 CMC § 4402 Definition
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 4: JUDGMENTS; ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS § 4402. Definition. In this chapter “foreign judgment” means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in the Commonwealt…
7 CMC § 4403 Filing and Status of Foreign Judgments
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 4: JUDGMENTS; ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS § 4403. Filing and Status of Foreign Judgments. A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with an act of Congress or the statutes or court rules of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana I…
7 CMC § 4404 Notice of Filing
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 4: JUDGMENTS; ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS § 4404. Notice of Filing. (a) At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor’s lawyer shall make and file with the clerk of court an affidavit setting forth…
7 CMC § 4405 Fees
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 4: JUDGMENTS; ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS § 4405. Fees. Any person filing a foreign judgment shall pay to the clerk of court a filing fee equal to that established by court rule for the filing of civil actions. Source: PL 9-41 § 5.
7 CMC § 4406 Stay
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 4: JUDGMENTS; ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS § 4406. Stay. (a) If the judgment debtor shows the Superior Court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enfo…
7 CMC § 4407 Optional Procedure
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 4: JUDGMENTS; ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS § 4407. Optional Procedure. The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce its judgment instead of proceeding under this chapter remains unimpaired. Source: PL 9-41 § 7.
7 CMC § 4408 Uniformity of Interpretation
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 4: JUDGMENTS; ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS § 4408. Uniformity of Interpretation. This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states and other jurisdictions which enact it. S…
7 CMC § 2501 Presumption of Satisfaction of Judgment
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2501. Presumption of Satisfaction of Judgment. A judgment of any court shall be presumed to be paid and satisfied at the expiration of 20 years after it is rendered. Source: 6 TTC § 301.
7 CMC § 2502 Limitation of Twenty Years
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2502. Limitation of Twenty Years. (a) The following actions shall be commenced only within 20 years after the cause of action accrues: (1) Actions upon a judgment. (2) Actions for the recovery of land or any i…
7 CMC § 2503 Limitation of Two Years
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2503. Limitation of Two Years. The following actions shall be commenced only within two years after the cause of action accrues: (a) Actions for assault and battery, false imprisonment, or slander; (b) Actions…
7 CMC § 2504 Actions By or Against the Estate of a Deceased Person
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2504. Actions By or Against the Estate of a Deceased Person. Any action by or against the executor, administrator or other representative of a deceased person for a cause of action in favor of, or against, the…
7 CMC § 2505 Limitation of Six Years
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2505. Limitation of Six Years. All actions other than those covered in 7 CMC §§ 2502, 2503, and 2504 shall be commenced within six years after the cause of action accrues or, in the case of actions brought by …
7 CMC § 2506 Disabilities
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2506. Disabilities. If the person entitled to a cause of action is a minor or is insane or is imprisoned when the cause of action first accrues, the action may be commenced within the time limits in this chapt…
7 CMC § 2507 Mutual Account; Partial Payment on Account
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2507. Mutual Account; Partial Payment on Account. In an action brought to recover the balance due upon a mutual and open account, or upon a cause of action upon which partial payments have been made, the cause…
7 CMC § 2508 Extension of Time by Absence from Commonwealth
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2508. Extension of Time by Absence from Commonwealth. If at the time a cause of action accrues against any person, that person is out of the Commonwealth, the action may be commenced within the time limits in …
7 CMC § 2509 Extension of Time by Fraudulent Concealment
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2509. Extension of Time by Fraudulent Concealment. If any person who is liable to any action shall fraudulently conceal the cause of action from the knowledge of the person entitled to bring it, the action may…
7 CMC § 2510 Effect Upon Causes Existing on May 28, 1951
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2510. Effect Upon Causes Existing on May 28, 1951. For the purpose of computing the limitations of time provided in this chapter, any cause of action existing on May 28, 1951, shall be considered to have accru…
7 CMC § 2511 Limitation of Time for Commencing
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2511. Limitation of Time for Commencing. A civil action or proceedings to enforce a cause of action mentioned in this chapter may be commenced within the period of limitation herein prescribed, and not thereaf…
7 CMC § 2512 Reckoning of Period
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2512. Reckoning of Period. Except as otherwise provided, periods prescribed in this chapter shall be reckoned from the date when the cause of action accrued; provided, that in the case of causes of action accr…
7 CMC § 2513 Contrary Agreements
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2513. Contrary Agreements. No agreement made subsequent to the effective date of this section for a period of limitation different from the period described in this chapter shall be valid. Source: 6 TTC § 313.…
7 CMC § 2514 Existing Rights of Action
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2514. Existing Rights of Action. Revision of this chapter shall not be construed to extinguish any rights or remedies which have accrued to any party prior to such revision, unless specifically provided otherw…
7 CMC § 2601 Survival of Claims After Death of Tortfeasor or Other Person Liable
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2601. Survival of Claims After Death of Tortfeasor or Other Person Liable. (a) A cause of action based on tort shall not be lost or abated because of the death of the tortfeasor or other person liable. An acti…
7 CMC § 2602 Survival of Actions Following Death of Injured Person
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2602. Survival of Actions Following Death of Injured Person. A cause of action arising out of a wrongful act, neglect, or default, except a cause of action for defamation or malicious prosecution, shall not be…
7 CMC § 2701 Immunity From Civil Damage
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2701. Immunity From Civil Damage. A person who provides services as an athletic coach, manager or sports official, for the benefit of a non-profit sports organization or non-profit sports activity, and such no…
7 CMC § 2702 Exclusion
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2702. Exclusion. Nothing in the previous section is deemed to grant immunity from civil damages because of a willful, wanton, or grossly negligent act. Source: PL 6-35, § 3 (§ 2702).
7 CMC § 2801 Definitions
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE § 2801 DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2801. Definitions. (a) When used in this chapter, the terms EMT, Advanced EMT, and paramedic are to be interpreted as those terms are defined by the Federal Department of Transportation in regard to nat…
7 CMC § 2802 Statutory Liability Limitations: Training Programs
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2802. Statutory Liability Limitations: Training Programs. In order to encourage government agencies and other organizations to train people in emergency medical services, no government agency or entity, or oth…
7 CMC § 2803 Statutory Liability Limitations: Persons Rendering Emergency Care at Emergency Scene for No Compensation
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE § 2803 DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2803. Statutory Liability Limitations: Persons Rendering Emergency Care at Emergency Scene for No Compensation. Any person who renders emergency care including the administration of an opioid overdose r…
7 CMC § 2804 Statutory Liability Limitations: Physicians or Nurses Giving Emergency Instructions; EMT, Advanced EMT, Paramedic
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2804. Statutory Liability Limitations: Physicians or Nurses Giving EMT, Advanced EMT, Paramedic. (a) No physician who in good faith gives emergency instructions to an EMT, Advanced EMT, or paramedic, at the sc…
7 CMC § 2805 Statutory Liability Limitations: Firefighters, Law Enforcement Officers, Emergency Medical Technicians; Employing Agencies
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE § 2805 DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2805. Statutory Liability Limitations: Firefighters, Law Enforcement Officers, Emergency Medical Technicians; Employing Agencies. In order to encourage the provision of emergency medical services by fir…
7 CMC § 2806 Statutory Liability Limitations: Emergency Services; Public Entities and Emergency Rescue Personnel
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE § 2806 DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2806. Statutory Liability Limitations: Emergency Services; Public Entities and Emergency Rescue Personnel. Neither a public entity nor emergency rescue personnel shall be liable for any injury caused by…
7 CMC § 2807 Statutory Liability Limitations: Persons Certified to Provide Prehospital Emergency Field Care Treatment
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TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2807. Statutory Liability Limitations: Persons Certified to Provide Prehospital Emergency Field Care Treatment. Any person who has a certificate or license issued by U.S. jurisdiction government agency or auth…