Note: The following is the official rules and forms of the U.S. Court of International Trade.
- Notice Regarding USCIT Rules
- Complete Listing of USCIT Rules, Forms, Guidelines and Administrative Orders (once opened, enables printing of all Rules and Forms as one document) (8/13/25)
Preface
Judges of the Court
Office of the Clerk
TITLE I. SCOPE OF RULES; FORM OF ACTION
| Rule 1. | Scope and Purpose |
| Rule 2. | One Form of Action |
TITLE II. COMMENCING AN ACTION; AMENDING A SUMMONS; SERVICE OF
SUMMONS, PLEADINGS, MOTIONS, AND ORDERS
| Rule 3. | Commencing an Action |
| Rule 3.1. | Actions Transferred to the Court of International Trade from a Binational Panel or Committee Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1516a(g)(12)(B) or (D) |
| Rule 4. | Service of Summons and Complaint |
| Rule 4.1. | Serving Other Process |
| Rule 5. | Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers |
| Rule 5.1. | [RESERVED] |
| Rule 5.2. | Privacy Protection for Filings Made with the Court |
| Rule 6. | Computing and Extending Time; Time for Motion Papers |
TITLE III. PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS
| Rule 7. | Pleadings Allowed; Consultation; Oral Argument; Response Time; Show Cause Order; Form of Motions and Other Papers |
| Rule 8. | General Rules of Pleading |
| Rule 9. | Pleading Special Matters |
| Rule 10. | Form of Pleadings |
| Rule 11. | Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Others Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions |
| Rule 12. | Defenses and Objections; When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing |
| Rule 13. | Counterclaim and Crossclaim |
| Rule 14. | Third-Party Practice |
| Rule 15. | Amended and Supplemental Pleadings |
| Rule 16. | Postassignment Conferences; Scheduling; Management |
| Rule 16.1. | Court-Annexed Mediation |
TITLE IV. PARTIES
| Rule 17. | Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity; Public Officers |
| Rule 18. | Joinder of Claims |
| Rule 19. | Required Joinder of Parties |
| Rule 20. | Permissive Joinder of Parties |
| Rule 21. | Misjoinder and Non-Joinder of Parties |
| Rule 22. | Interpleader |
| Rule 23. | Class Actions |
| Rule 23.1. | [Reserved] |
| Rule 23.2. | Actions Relating to Unincorporated Associations |
| Rule 24. | Intervention |
| Rule 25. | Substitution of Parties |
TITLE V. DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY
| Rule 26. | Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery |
| Rule 27. | Depositions to Perpetuate Testimony |
| Rule 28. | Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken |
| Rule 29. | Stipulations About Discovery Procedure |
| Rule 30. | Depositions by Oral Examination |
| Rule 31. | Depositions by Written Questions |
| Rule 32. | Using Depositions in Court Proceedings |
| Rule 33. | Interrogatories to Parties |
| Rule 34. | Producing Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering onto Land, for Inspection and Other Purposes |
| Rule 35. | Physical and Mental Examinations |
| Rule 36. | Requests for Admission |
| Rule 37. | Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions |
TITLE VI. TRIALS
| Rule 38. | Right to a Jury Trial; Demand |
| Rule 39. | Trial by Jury or by the Court |
| Rule 40. | Request for Trial |
| Rule 41. | Dismissal of Actions |
| Rule 42. | Consolidation; Separate Trials |
| Rule 43. | Taking Testimony |
| Rule 44. | Proving an Official Record |
| Rule 44.1. | Determining Foreign Law |
| Rule 45. | Subpoena |
| Rule 46. | Objecting to a Ruling or Order |
| Rule 47. | Selecting Jurors |
| Rule 48. | Number of Jurors; Verdict; Polling |
| Rule 49. | Special Verdict; General Verdict and Questions |
| Rule 50. | Judgment as a Matter of Law in a Jury Trial; Related Motion for a New Trial; Conditional Ruling |
| Rule 51. | Instructions to the Jury; Objections; Preserving a Claim of Error |
| Rule 52. | Findings and Conclusions by the Court; Judgment on Partial Findings |
| Rule 53. | Masters |
TITLE VII. JUDGMENT
| Rule 54. | Judgment; Costs |
| Rule 54.1. | Attorney's Fees and Expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) |
| Rule 55. | Default Judgment |
| Rule 56. | Summary Judgment |
| Rule 56.1. | Judgment on an Agency Record for an Action Other Than That Described in 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c) |
| Rule 56.2. | Judgment on an Agency Record for an Action Described in 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c) |
| Rule 56.3 | Annexation of Statement to Rule 56 Motion for Summary Judgment |
| Rule 57. | Declaratory Judgment |
| Rule 58. | Entering Judgment |
| Rule 58.1. | Stipulated Judgment on Agreed Statement of Facts; General Requirements |
| Rule 59. | New Trial; Rehearing; Altering or Amending a Judgment |
| Rule 60. | Relief from a Judgment or Order |
| Rule 61. | Harmless Error |
| Rule 62. | Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment |
| Rule 62.1. | Indicative Ruling on a Motion for Relief that is Barred by a Pending Appeal |
| Rule 63. | Judge's Inability to Proceed |
TITLE VIII. PROVISIONAL AND FINAL REMEDIES
| Rule 64. | Seizing a Person or Property |
| Rule 65. | Injunctions and Restraining Orders |
| Rule 65.1. | Proceedings Against a Surety |
| Rule 66. | Receivers |
| Rule 67. | Deposit into Court |
| Rule 67.1. | Deposit into Court Pursuant to Rule 67 |
| Rule 68. | Offer of Judgment |
| Rule 69. | Execution |
| Rule 70. | [RESERVED] |
| Rule 71. | Enforcing Relief For or Against a Nonparty |
TITLE IX. FILING OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
| Rule 72. | [RESERVED] |
| Rule 73. | Time for Filing Documents - Notice of Filing |
| Rule 73.1. | Documents in Action Described in 28 U.S.C. § 1581(a) or (b) |
| Rule 73.2. | Documents in Action Described in 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c), Except an Action Described in Section 517(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930, or (f) |
| Rule 73.3. | Documents in All Other Actions Based on the Agency Record |
TITLE X. ATTORNEYS
| Rule 74. | Admission to Practice |
| Rule 75. | Practice; Appearance; Substitution of Attorneys; Withdrawal of Attorney; Notification of Changes |
| Rule 76. | Amicus Curiae |
TITLE XI. THE COURT AND CLERK
| Rule 77. | Sessions of the Court |
| Rule 77.1. | Judicial Conference |
| Rule 78. | Motion Part |
| Rule 79. | Records Kept by the Clerk |
| Rule 80. | Papers, Exhibits and Other Material |
| Rule 81. | Papers Filed; Conformity; Form; Size; Copies |
| Rule 82. | Clerk's Office Hours; Clerk's Orders |
| Rule 82.1. | [RESERVED] |
TITLE XII. COURT CALENDARS; GENERAL PROVISIONS
| Rule 83 . | Customs Case Management |
| Rule 84. | [RESERVED] |
| Rule 85. | Suspension Disposition Calendar |
| Rule 86. | [RESERVED] |
| Rule 86.1. | Judge's Directive |
| Rule 86.2. | Contempt |
| Rule 87. | Forms |
| Rule 88. | Title |
| Rule 89. | Effective Date |
| Guidelines - Bill of Costs |
| Guidelines for Court-Annexed Mediation |
| Schedule of Fees |
| Search Fee Guidelines |
| Order re Electronic Filing Fee Refund Policy |
| Appendix of Forms |
| - General Instructions |
| - Specific Instructions |
| - Complaint Allegations |
| USCIT Transcript Order Form CD Order Form |
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| Form 1 | Summons in 28 U.S.C. § 1581(a), Rule 3(a)(1) |
| Form 1A | Notice of Lawsuit and Request for Waiver of Service of Summons, Rule 4(c) |
| Form 1B | Waiver of Service of Summons, Rule 4(c) |
| Form 2 | Summons in 28 U.S.C. § 1581(b), Rule 3(a)(1) |
| Form 3 | Summons in 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c), Rule 3(a)(2) |
| Form 4 | General Summons, Rule 3(a) |
| Form 5 | Information Statement, Rule 3(d) |
| Form 6 | Request for Trial, Rule 40(a) |
| Form 7 | Notice of Dismissal, Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i) |
| Form 7A | Notice of Dismissal, Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i) |
| Form 8 | Stipulation of Dismissal, Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) |
| Form 8A | Stipulation of Dismissal, Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) |
| Form 9 | Stipulated Judgment on Agreed Statement of Facts, Rule 58.1 |
| Form 10 | Application for Admission, Rule 74(b) |
| Form 11 | Notice of Appearance Rule 75(b)(2) |
| Form 12 | Substitution of Attorney, Rule 75(c) |
| Form 13 | Disclosure of Corporate Affiliations and Financial Interest, Rule 3(i), Practice Comments to Rules 24, 76 |
| Form 14 | Joint Notice Regarding Termination of Access to Confidential Information |
| Form 15 | Application for Fees and Other Expenses Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, Rule 54.1 |
| Form 16 | Order (For Deposit of Registry Funds), Rule 67.1 |
| Form 16-1 | Order (For Return of Registry Funds), Rule 67.1 |
| Form 17 | Business Proprietary Information Certification, Rule 73.2(c) |
| Form 18 | Notification of Termination of Access to BPI, Rule 73.2(c) |
| Form 18A | Notification of Termination of Government Attorney Access to Business Proprietary Information Pursuant to Rule 73.2(c) |
| Form 19 | Report of the Parties' Planning Meeting, Rule 26(f) |
| Form 20 | USCIT Subpoena, Rule 45 |
| Form 21 | Bill of Costs, Rule 54(d)(1) |
| Form 22 | Satisfaction of Costs, Rule 54(d)(1) |
| Form 23 | Certification of Filing and Service of Physical Exhibit or Item, Rule 80(h) |
| Form 24 | Order for Statutory Injunction upon Consent, Rule 56.2 |
| Form M-1 | Order of Referral to Mediation, Rule 16.1 |
| Form M-2 | Report of Mediation, Rule 16.1 |
| Standard Chambers Procedures |
| - Form SCP 1: Pretrial Order |
| - Form SCP 2: Scheduling Order |
| - Form SCP 3: Order Governing Preparation for Trial |
| - Form SCP 4: Certification of Settlement Efforts |
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