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Hafa Adai, Tirow, and Welcome to the CNMI Law Revision Commission's home page! The LRC, a judicial branch agency established in 1983 by the CNMI Legislature, codifies all permanent CNMI laws and publishes decisions of the CNMI courts. 1 CMC § 3803(b) & (c).

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•Staff Attorney Announcement!
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•New Rule on NMIAC Citation
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•Rules on Civil Procedure
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•CD07 is now available for sale!
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•2007 Supplements are now available!!
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•Rules on Civil Procedure and Electronic Filing
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•Correction to Rules of Civil Procedure
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•Open Government Act Policy of the CNMI Judiciary
The CNMI Judiciary adopted, on Sept. 6, 2007, a Policy on Public Access to Judicial Branch Administrative Records.

•New Rule on Judicial Disciplinary Procedure
The CNMI Judiciary adopted, on Aug. 29, 2007, rules governing the discipline or temporary removal of CNMI judges (justice, judge, or judge pro tempore).

•New Supreme Court Administrative Order Regarding SLIP OPINIONS
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•Do you want to know what the new COURT FEES are?
Take a look at the new Commonwealth Judicial Fee Schedule by clicking the above link.

•MANDATORY E-FILING for CNMI (General Order No. 2006-301 and No. 2006-302)
Beginning April 24, 2006, MANDATORY electronic filing of certain legal documents in the Commonwealth Superior Court. Beginning June 21, 2006, MANDATORY electronic filing of legal documents in the Commonwealth Supreme Court. Contact the CNMI Superior Court at (670) 236-9765 or CNMI Supreme Court at (670) 236-9715 with questions about electronic filing. You can conveniently E-FILE FROM THIS WEBSITE. Just click the "E-FILE" link on the navigation bar.

•Executive Order No. 05-06
Declares the NMIAC as the official source of CNMI rules and regulations and prima facie evidence of rules and regulations contained therein.

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