Rule 2.1. Form of Pleadings
Arizona Revised Statutes AnnotatedLocal Rules of Practice Superior Court
17C A.R.S. Super. Ct. Local Rules--Pinal County, Rule 2.1
Rule 2.1. Form of Pleadings
a. Number Assignment and Designation of Division: The clerk shall assign a chronological number to every case filed with the court and indicate which division of the court the case has been assigned. After preliminary assignment by the clerk, the party filing any pleading, motion, memorandum or other paper in the case shall indicate below the case number the division of the court and name of the judge to whom the case has been assigned.
b. Commonality of Claims in a Civil Action: All persons may be joined in one civil action as defendants if any right to relief is asserted against them jointly, severally, or in the alternative, with respect to or arising out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences and if any question of law or fact common to all defendants will arise in the action. The court shall apply the standard for permissive joinder, Rule 20(a), Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure, and may order that claims be severed and, upon the payment, deferral, or waiver of all required filing fees, refiled in a separate civil action.
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Adopted Aug. 30, 2017, effective Jan. 2, 2018.
<The Pinal County Superior Court Local Rules were abrogated, and replacement rules were adopted August 30, 2017, effective January 2, 2018.>
17C A. R. S. Super. Ct. Local Prac. Rules, Pinal County, Rule 2.1, AZ ST PINAL SUPER CT Rule 2.1
State Court Rules are current with amendments received through March 1, 2024. The Code of Judicial Administration is current with amendments received through February 15, 2024.
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