Court rules by state

Courts follow statewide rules, and many trial courts add local rules of their own. Where a state keeps its local rules in one place, the link goes there; otherwise it goes to the state's rules page.

Where are my state's court rules?

• Alabama · statewide rules page
• Alaska · statewide rules page
• Arizona · statewide rules page
• Arkansas · statewide rules page
• California · statewide rules page
• Connecticut · statewide rules page
• Delaware · statewide rules page
• District of Columbia
• Florida · statewide rules page
• Georgia · statewide rules page
• Hawaii · statewide rules page
• Idaho · statewide rules page
• Indiana
• Kansas · statewide rules page
• Kentucky
• Louisiana · statewide rules page
• Maine · statewide rules page
• Maryland · statewide rules page
• Massachusetts · statewide rules page
• Michigan
• Minnesota · statewide rules page
• Mississippi
• Missouri · statewide rules page
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada · statewide rules page
• New Hampshire · statewide rules page
• New Jersey · statewide rules page
• New Mexico · statewide rules page
• New York · statewide rules page
• North Carolina
• North Dakota · statewide rules page
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Puerto Rico · statewide rules page
• Rhode Island · statewide rules page
• South Carolina
• South Dakota · statewide rules page
• Tennessee · statewide rules page
• Texas
• Utah · statewide rules page
• Vermont · statewide rules page
• Washington
• West Virginia · statewide rules page
• Wisconsin · statewide rules page
• Wyoming · statewide rules page
• United States (federal)

Each link opens the official site in a new tab. We checked every link on October 20, 2026. A place without a page we could check is not listed. The library also holds the official rules of 3,400 courts: search them under Court rules in the law library.

What is the difference between statewide and local rules?

Statewide rules set procedure for every court of a kind in the state: how papers are formatted, served and filed, and how long each step may take. Local rules are added by a single court or circuit and cover its own practice, such as how motions are scheduled or which papers go to the judge's chambers.

Both kinds can apply to the same filing. Pages marked statewide rules page in this list lead to the state's rules page, where the local rules of individual courts may also be listed or linked.

What other lists does the law library keep?

The law library keeps one list like this for each kind of official source: court forms by state, business entity search, attorney general opinions, session laws, jury instructions and federal agency decisions.