Definition: Written questions submitted to a party from his or her adversary to ascertain answers that are prepared in writing and signed under oath and that have relevance to the issues in a lawsuit.
In California, you have 30 days to respond to an interrogatory. If you do not respond within this time, the opposing side can file a motion to compel with the court. The court may require them to first consult with you about your failure to respond before officially filing a motion to compel.
Usually, lawyers use interrogatories to obtain detailed information about persons, corporations, facts, witnesses, and identity and locations of records and documents. Court rules usually limit the number of questions included in an interrogatory.
Unless leave of court is obtained, interrogatories may not be served prior to the meeting of the parties under Rule 26(f).
When a party to a civil case needs to get information from the other side, she can serve the other side with written requests called “discovery requests.” These requests might include: Interrogatories, which are written questions about things that are relevant or important to the case. (NRCP 33; JCRCP 33)
Rule 60 - Interrogatories to Parties (a)Generally. (1)Definition. Interrogatories are written questions served by a party on another party and answered in writing and under oath.
Fill out Proof of Service form You can use Proof of Service by Mail (form FL-335). It helps if you fill in the top part of the form with the case and court information. Your server can then fill in the information about how, when, and where they served the papers. Your server must then sign the form.
ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE RULE 26.2 The amount of discovery a party may take is limited by the tier to which their case is assigned. In addition, the days in which discovery is to be completed is limited by the tier to which their case is assigned.
Settlement Conferences. (a) Generally. At party's request or on its own, a court may require the parties to participate in one or more pretrial settlement conferences unless the action is a lower court appeal or is subject to compulsory arbitration under Rule 72.
If a party obtains or discovers information that it knows or reasonably should know is relevant to a hearing or deposition scheduled to occur in less than 30 days, the party must disclose such information reasonably in advance of the hearing or deposition.