Procedural Rules 1 to 34
Rules of the Supreme Court – 2026
Rule 1
Official Publication and Notification of Rules
Rule 1-A
Relationship to Other Rules
Rule 2
Term and Sessions
Rule 3
Definitions
Rule 4
Types of Cases
Rule 5
Docketing the Case: Filing the Record
Rule 6
Form of Cases and Appendices
Rule 7
Appeal from Trial Court Decision on the Merits
Rule 7-A
Motion for Stay or for Remand
Rule 7-B
Appeal from Superior Court Decision on Parental Notification Prior to Abortion
Rule 8
Interlocutory Appeal From Ruling
Rule 9
Interlocutory Transfer without Ruling
Rule 10
Appeal from Administrative Agency
Rule 11
Petition for Original Jurisdiction
Rule 12
Requests for Confidentiality of Case Records; Access to Case Records
Rule 12-A
Mediation
Rule 12-B
Scheduling Order: Prehearing Evaluation Conference
Rule 12-C
JUDICIAL REFEREE PANELS [Repealed.]
Rule 12-D
Summary Procedures on Appeal
Rule 13
The Record
Rule 14
Transmittal of the Record
Rule 15
Transcripts
Rule 16
Briefs
Rule 16-A
Plain Error
Rule 17
Appendix to Brief
Rule 18
Oral Argument
Rule 19
Media Access to Court Proceedings
Rule 20
Copy of Opinion; REQUIREMENT OF THREE-JUSTICE MAJORITY; Non-precedential Status of Orders; Citation Format
Rule 21
Motions, Brief Memoranda, and Extensions of Time
Rule 21A
Motions for Recusal
Rule 21B
Motions to Withdraw Criminal Appeals
Rule 22
Motion for Rehearing or Reconsideration
Rule 22A
Review of Decisions in Cases Involving Judicial Misconduct of a Judicial Officer of the Supreme Court
Rule 23
Taxation of Costs; Waiver; Attorney's Fees
Rule 24
Mandate
Rule 25
Summary Disposition
Rule 26
Filing and Service
Rule 27
Computation and Extension of Time
Rule 28
Parties' Designation
Rule 29
Substitution of Parties
Rule 30
Amicus Curiae
Rule 31
Cases in Which the State is Not a Party, But Which Involve the State's Interests
Rule 32
Counsel in Criminal Cases
Rule 32-A
Counsel in Guardianship, Involuntary Admission, and Termination of Parental Rights Cases
Rule 32-B
Counsel in Parental Notification Cases
Rule 33
Nonmember of the New Hampshire Bar
Rule 34
Uniform Certification of Questions of Law