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- Civil Procedural Code of the Russian Federation No. 138-FZ of November 14, 2002 (with Amendments and Additions)
- Section II. Proceedings in the Court of the First Instance
Section II. Proceedings in the Court of the First Instance
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Subsection I. Warrant Proceedings
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Chapter 11. Court Order
- Article 121. Court Order
- Article 122. Claims on Which a Court Order Is Issued
- Article 123. Filing an Application for the Issue of Court Order
- Article 124. Form and Content of an Application for the Issue of an Order of the Court
- Article 125. Grounds for Return of the Application for Delivering a Court Order or for Refusal to Accept it
- Article 126. Procedure for the Issue of a Court Order
- Article 127. Content of a Court Order
- Article 128. Notification of the Debtor on the Issue of a Court Order
- Article 129. Cancellation of a Court Order
- Article 130. Issue of a Court Order to the Claimant
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Subsection II. Contentious Proceedings
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Chapter 12. Institution of a Claim
- Article 131. Form and Content of a Statement of an Action
- Article 132. Documents to Be Attached to the Statement of Claim
- Article 133. Accepting a Statement of an Action
- Article 134. Refusal to Accept a Statement of an Action
- Article 135. Return of a Statement of an Action
- Article 136. Leaving the Statement of Claim without Motion
- Article 137. Lodging a Counter-Claim
- Article 138. Terms for the Acceptance of a Counter-Claim
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Chapter 13. Provision for a Claim
- Article 139. Grounds for Securing a Claim
- Article 140. Measures for Providing for a Claim
- Article 141. Consideration of an Application for Providing for a Claim
- Article 142. Execution of the Court Ruling on Providing for a Claim
- Article 143. Replacement of Certain Measures for Providing for a Claim with Other Measures for Providing for the Claim
- Article 144. Cancellation of the Provision for a Claim
- Article 144.1. Preliminary Provisional Measures for Protecting the Copyright and (or) the Adjacent Rights in the Information and Telecommunication Networks Including the Internet
- Article 145. Appeals Against Court Rulings on the Provision for a Claim
- Article 146. Recompense to the Defendant of the Losses Caused by the Provision for a Claim
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Chapter 14. Preparing a Case for Judicial Proceedings
- Article 147. Court Rulings on Preparing a Case for Judicial Proceedings
- Article 148. Tasks Set in Preparing a Case for Judicial Proceedings
- Article 149. Parties' Actions in Preparing a Case for Judicial Proceedings
- Article 150. Actions of the Judge in Preparing a Case for an Action at Law
- Article 151. Combination and Division of Several Claims
- Article 152. Preliminary Court Session
- Article 153. Appointment of a Case for Judicial Proceedings
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Chapter 14.1. Conciliatory Procedures. The Amicable Settlement
- Article 153.1. Conciliation of Parties
- Article 153.2. Procedure and Term for Implementing a Conciliatory Procedure
- Article 153.3. Types of Conciliatory Procedures
- Article 153.4. Talks
- Article 153.5. Mediation
- Article 153.6. Judicial Conciliation
- Article 153.7. Results of Conciliatory Procedures
- Article 153.8. Concluding an Amicable Settlement
- Article 153.9. The Form and Content of an Amicable Settlement
- Article 153.10. Endorsement of an Amicable Settlement by the Court
- Article 153.11. Executing an Amicable Settlement
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Chapter 15. Judicial Proceedings
- Article 154. Time Terms for the Consideration and Resolution of Civil Cases
- Article 155. Court Session
- Article 155.1. Participation in a Court Session by Way of Using Video Conference Communication Systems
- Article 156. Presiding Justice in a Court Session
- Article 157. Directness and Oral Nature of Court Proceedings
- Article 158. Order in a Court Session
- Article 159. Measures Applied Against Trouble-Makers in the Court Session
- Article 160. Opening a Court Session
- Article 161. Checking the Presence of Participants in the Case
- Article 162. Explanation of His Rights and Duties to an Interpreter
- Article 163. Taking Witnesses Out of the Court-Room
- Article 164. Announcement of the Composition of the Court and Explanation of the Right to Self-Recusation and the Recusation
- Article 165. Explanation to the Persons Taking Part in the Case of Their Procedural Rights and Duties
- Article 166. Resolution by the Court of Petitions from the Persons Taking Part in the Case
- Article 167. Consequences of Failure to Appear in the Court Session by the Persons Taking Part in the Case and by Their Representatives
- Article 168. Consequences of Non-Appearance in the Court Session of Witnesses, Experts, Specialists and Interpreters
- Article 169. Postponement of Court Proceedings
- Article 170. Interrogation of Witnesses, if the Investigation of the Case Is Postponed
- Article 171. Explanation to the Expert and the Specialist of Their Rights and Duties
- Article 172. Starting the Consideration of the Case
- Article 173. Rejection the Plaintiff from the Claim, Acknowledgement of the Claim by the Defendant and an Amicable Settlement of the Parties
- Article 174. Explanations of the Persons Taking Part in the Case
- Article 175. Establishment of the Sequence in the Investigation of Proof
- Article 176. Warning the Witness about Responsibility for the Refusal to Give Evidence and for Supplying the Deliberately False Evidence
- Article 177. Procedure for Questioning a Witness
- Article 178. Use of Written Materials by a Witness
- Article 179. Questioning of an Underaged Witness
- Article 180. Pronouncement of the Witnesses' Evidence
- Article 181. Investigation of Written Proof
- Article 182. Pronouncement and Study of the Citizens' Correspondence and Telegraph Communications
- Article 183. Investigation of Tangible Proof
- Article 184. Examination on the Spot
- Article 185. Reproduction of an Audio and a Video Recording and Its Study
- Article 186. Statement of the Forgery of Proof
- Article 187. Investigation of the Expert Conclusion. Appointment of an Additional or Repeated Expertise
- Article 188. Consulting a Specialist
- Article 189. Ending the Consideration of a Case on Merit
- Article 190. Judicial Pleadings
- Article 191. Resumption of Considering a Case on Merit
- Article 192. Retirement of the Court for Taking the Decision
- Article 193. Announcement of the Court Decision
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Chapter 16. Decision of the Court
- Article 194. Adoption of the Decision of the Court
- Article 195. Lawfulness and Substantiation of the Court Decision
- Article 196. Issues Resolved in the Adoption of the Court Decision
- Article 197. Presentation of the Court Decision
- Article 198. Content of the Court Decision
- Article 199. Compiling a Court Decision
- Article 200. Correction of the Slips of the Pen and of Manifest Arithmetical Errors in a Court Decision
- Article 201. Additional Court Decision
- Article 202. Explanation of the Court Decision
- Article 203. Postponement of Execution or Execution of the Court Decision by Installments, the Change of the Method and of the Procedure for Execution of the Court Decision
- Article 203.1. Procedure for Considering the Issue of Correcting Errors in Writing and Evident Arithmetic Mistakes, for Explaining the Court Decision, for Postponing Execution or Executing the Court Decision by Installments, for Changing the Method of and Procedure for Its Execution, for Indexation of Adjudged Sums of Money
- Article 204. Determining the Procedure and the Time Term for the Execution of the Court Decision and for the Provisions for Its Execution
- Article 205. Court Decision on the Adjudgement of the Property or of Its Cost
- Article 206. Court Decision Obliging the Defendant to Perform Certain Actions
- Article 207. Court Decision in Favour of Several Plaintiffs or Against Several Defendants
- Article 208. Indexation of Adjudged Sums of Money
- Article 209. Entry of Court Decisions into Legal Force
- Article 210. Execution of the Court Decision
- Article 211. Court Decisions Subject to Immediate Execution
- Article 212. Right of the Court to Direct the Decision to an Immediate Execution
- Article 213. Providing for the Execution of a Decision of the Court
- Article 214. Issuing and Forwarding Copies of the Court Decision
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Chapter 17. Suspension of the Proceedings on the Case
- Article 215. Duty of the Court to Suspend Proceedings on the Case
- Article 216. Right of the Court to Suspend Proceedings on the Case
- Article 217. Time Terms for the Suspension of the Proceedings on a Case
- Article 218. Appeal Against a Court Ruling on the Suspension of the Proceedings on a Case
- Article 219. Resumption of the Proceedings on a Case
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Chapter 18. Termination of the Proceedings on the Case
- Article 220. Grounds for the Termination of the Proceedings on a Case
- Article 221. Procedure and Consequences of Terminating the Proceedings on a Case
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Chapter 19. Leaving an Application Without Consideration
- Article 222. Grounds for Leaving an Application Without Consideration
- Article 223. Procedure and Consequences of Leaving a Case Without Consideration
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Chapter 20. Court Ruling
- Article 224. Procedure for the Issue of Court Rulings
- Article 225. Content of a Court Ruling
- Article 226. Special Rulings of the Court
- Article 227. Sending Copies of a Court Ruling to Persons Participating in a Case
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Chapter 21. Protocols
- Article 228. Obligatory Nature of Keeping a Protocol
- Article 229. Content of a Protocol
- Article 230. Compilation of the Minutes
- Article 231. Remarks on the Minutes
- Article 232. Consideration of Remarks on the Minutes
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Chapter 21.1. Summary Procedure
- Article 232.1. Order of Summary Procedure
- Article 232.2. Cases to Be Tried in the Summary Procedure
- Article 232.3. Specifics of Trying Cases in the Summary Procedure
- Article 232.4. The Court Decision on a Case Tried in the Summary Procedure
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Chapter 22. Proceedings in Absentia
- Article 233. Grounds for Proceedings in Absentia
- Article 234. Procedure for the Proceedings in Absentia
- Article 235. Content of the Court Decision in Absentia
- Article 236. Sending a Copy of the Court Decision in Absentia
- Article 237. Appeal Against a Court Decision in Absentia
- Article 238. Content of an Application for Cancelling the Court Decision in Absentia
- Article 239. Actions of the Court after Accepting an Application for Cancelling the Court Decision in Absentia
- Article 240. Consideration of an Application for Cancelling the Court Decision in Absentia
- Article 241. Powers of the Court
- Article 242. Grounds for Cancelling the Court Decision in Absentia
- Article 243. Resumption of the Consideration of a Case
- Article 244. Legal Force of the Court Decision in Absentia
- Chapter 22.1. Proceedings Involved in Consideration of Applications for Awarding Compensation for Violation of the Right to Proceeding at Law within a Reasonable Time or the Right to Execution of a Judicial Act within a Reasonable Time
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Chapter 22.2. Proceedings for Consideration of Applications for Return of a Child or for Realisation in Respect of a Child of Rights of Access under an International Agreement of the Russian Federation
- Article 244.11. Filing an Application for Return of a Child or for Realisation in Respect of a Child of Rights of Access under an International Agreement of the Russian Federation
- Article 244.12. Procedure for Considering Applications for the Return of a Child or for Realisation of Rights of Access
- Article 244.13. Security for a Claim
- Article 244.14. Inadmissibility of the Joining of Claims and of the Presentation of a Counterclaim
- Article 244.15. Considering an Application for the Return of a Child or for Realisation of Rights of Access
- Article 244.16. Court's Decision in a Case of Return of a Child or Realisation of Rights of Access
- Article 244.17. Term for Filing an Appellate Complaint or a Representation Concerning a Court's Decision in a Case of Return of a Child or Realisation of Rights of Access and Term for Consideration of the Case in an Appellate Court
- Article 244.18. Term for Filing and Considering a Private Complaint or a Procurator's Representation Concerning a Ruling of a Court of the First Instance on an Application for the Return of a Child or for Realisation of Rights of Access
- Article 244.19. Dispatching Copies of Court's Decisions
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Chapter 22.3. Proceedings in a Case on Protection of the Rights and Legitimate Interests of a Group of Persons
- Article 244.20. The Right for Taking Legal Action to Protect the Rights and Legitimate Interests of a Group of Persons
- Article 244.21. Requirements to a Claim Filed to Protect the Rights and Legitimate Interests of a Group of Persons
- Article 244.22. Conducting Cases on Protection of the Rights and Legitimate Interests of a Group of Persons
- Article 244.23. The Rights of a Person Accessed a Claim for Protection of the Rights and Legitimate Interests of a Group of Persons
- Article 244.24. Substitution of the Person Conducting a Case on Behalf of a Group of Persons
- Article 244.25. The Procedure for Proceedings in a Case on Protection of the Rights and Legitimate Interests of a Group of Persons
- Article 244.26. Preparing a Case on Protection of the Rights and Legitimate Interests of a Group of Persons for Proceedings
- Article 244.27. The Procedure for Judicial Expenses Bearing under a Case on Protection of the Rights and Legitimate Interests of a Group of Persons
- Article 244.28. A Judgment of a Court in a Case on Protection of the Rights and Legitimate Interests of a Group of Persons
- Subsection III. Proceedings on Cases Arising from Public Legal Relations
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Subsection IV. Special Procedure
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Chapter 27. General Provisions
- Article 262. Cases Considered by the Court by Way of a Special Procedure
- Article 263. Procedure for the Consideration and the Resolution of Cases Investigated by the Court by Way of a Special Procedure
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Chapter 28. Establishment of Facts of Juridical Importance
- Article 264. Cases on the Establishment of Facts of Juridical Importance
- Article 265. Conditions Necessary for the Establishment of Facts of Juridical Importance
- Article 266. Filing an Application for the Establishment of a Fact of Juridical Importance
- Article 267. The Content of an Application for Establishing a Fact of Juridical Importance
- Article 268. Court Decision on an Application for the Establishment of a Fact of Juridical Importance
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Chapter 29. Adoption of a Child (of a Son or Daughter)
- Article 269. Filing an Application for the Adoption of a Son or Daughter
- Article 270. Content of an Application for Adoption
- Article 271. Documents Enclosed to an Application for Adoption
- Article 272. Preparing a Case on the Adoption for the Court Investigation
- Article 273. Consideration of an Application for the Adoption
- Article 274. Court Decision on an Application for Adoption
- Article 275. Cancellation of the Adoption
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Chapter 30. Recognizing a Citizen as Missing or Declaring a Citizen as Deceased
- Article 276. Filing an Application for Recognizing a Citizen as Missing or for Declaring a Citizen as Deceased
- Article 277. Content of an Application for Recognizing a Citizen as Missing or for Declaring a Citizen as Deceased
- Article 278. Judge's Actions After Accepting an Application for Recognizing a Citizen as Missing or for Declaring a Citizen as Deceased
- Article 279. Court Decision on an Application for Recognizing a Citizen as Missing or for Declaring a Citizen as Deceased
- Article 280. Consequences of the Appearance or of Finding Out the Place of Stay of the Person Recognized as Missing or Declared as Deceased
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Chapter 31. Restriction of a Citizen's Legal Capacity, Recognizing a Citizen as Legally Incapable, Restriction or Deprivation of the Right of an Underaged Person of Fourteen to Eighteen Years to Independently Dispose of His Incomes
- Article 281. Filing an Application for Restricting a Citizen's Legal Capability, for Recognizing a Citizen as Legally Incapable, on the Restriction or the Deprivation of an Underaged Person of Fourteen to Eighteen Years of the Right to Independently Dispose of His Incomes
- Article 282. Content of an Application for Restricting a Citizen in Legal Capacity, for Recognizing a Citizen as Legally Incapable and for the Restriction or Deprivation of an Underaged Person of Fourteen to Eighteen Years of the Right to Independently Dispose of His Incomes
- Article 283. Appointment of an Expert Opinion for Defining the Mental State of a Citizen
- Article 284. Consideration of an Application for Restricting a Citizen's Legal Capability, for Recognizing a Citizen as Legally Incapable and for Restricting or Depriving an Underaged Person of Fourteen to Eighteen Years of the Right to Independently Dispose of His Incomes
- Article 285. Court Decision on an Application for Restricting a Citizen's Legal Capability or for Recognizing a Citizen as Legally Incapable
- Article 286. Cancelling a Citizen's Restriction in Legal Capability and Recognizing a Citizen as Legally Capable
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Chapter 32. Declaring an Underaged Person as Completely Legally Capable (Emancipation)
- Article 287. Filing an Application for Declaring an Underaged Person as Completely Legally Capable
- Article 288. Consideration of an Application for Declaring an Underaged Person as Completely Legally Capable
- Article 289. Court Decision on an Application for Declaring an Underaged Person as Completely Legally Capable
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Chapter 33. Recognition of a Movable Thing As Ownerless and Recognition of the Right of Ownership for an Ownerless Immovable Thing
- Article 290. Submission of an Application for Recognising a Movable Thing As Ownerless and for Recognising the Right of Ownership for an Ownerless Immovable Thing
- Article 291. Contents of an Application for Recognising a Movable Thing As Ownerless or for Recognising the right of Ownership for an Ownerless Immovable Thing
- Article 292. Preparation of a Case for Judicial Examination and Consideration of an Application for Recognising a Movable Thing As Ownerless or for Recognising the Right of Ownership for an Ownerless Immovable Thing
- Article 293. Decision of a Court concerning an Application for Recognising a Movable Thing As Ownerless or for Recognising the right of Ownership for an Ownerless Immovable Thing
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Chapter 34. Restoration of Rights to the Lost Bearer Securities or Order Securities (the Summons Procedure)
- Article 294. Filing an Application for Recognizing as Invalid the Lost Bearer or Order Security and on the Restoration of Rights to It
- Article 295. Content of an Application for Recognizing the Lost Bearer or Order Security as Invalid and for the Restoration of Rights on It
- Article 296. Actions of the Judge after Accepting an Application for Recognizing as Invalid the Lost Bearer or Order Security and for the Restoration of Rights to It
- Article 297. Application from the Document Holder
- Article 298. Actions of the Court After the Arrival of an Application from the Document Holder
- Article 299. Consideration of an Application for Recognizing as Invalid the Lost Bearer or Order Security and on the Restoration of Rights to It
- Article 300. Court Decision on an Application for Recognizing as Invalid the Lost Bearer or Order Security and on the Restoration of Rights to It
- Article 301. Right of the Document Holder to Institute a Claim Against a Groundless Acquisition or Preservation of the Property
- Chapter 35. Citizen's Hospitalisation in an Involuntary Procedure in a Medical Organisation Rendering Psychiatric Support under In-Patient Conditions and Psychiatric Certification in an Involuntary Procedure
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Chapter 36. Consideration of the Cases on the Introduction of Corrections or Amendments into the Entries of the Civil Status Acts
- Article 307. Filing an Application for the Introduction of Corrections or of Amendments to an Entry of a Civil Status Act
- Article 308. Content of an Application for the Introduction of Corrections or of Amendments into an Entry of a Civil Status Act
- Article 309. Court Decision on an Application for the Introduction of Corrections or of Amendments into an Entry of a Civil Status Act
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Chapter 37. Consideration of Applications on the Performed Notarial Actions or on the Refusal to Perform Such
- Article 310. Filing an Application on the Performed Notarial Action or on the Refusal to Perform Such
- Article 311. Consideration of an Application on the Performed Notarial Action or on the Refusal to Perform Such
- Article 312. Court Decision on an Application on the Performed Notarial Action or on the Refusal to Perform Such
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Chapter 38. Restoration of Lost Judicial Proceedings
- Article 313. Procedure for the Restoration of Lost Judicial Proceedings
- Article 314. Filing an Application for the Restoration of Lost Judicial Proceedings
- Article 315. Leaving an Application for the Restoration of the Lost Judicial Proceedings Without Motion or Without Consideration
- Article 316. Refusal of the Restoration of the Lost Judicial Procedure
- Article 317. Court Decision on the Restoration of the Lost Judicial Proceedings
- Article 318. Termination of the Proceedings on a Case on the Restoration of Lost Judicial Proceedings
- Article 319. Procedure for Appealing Against Court Resolutions Connected with the Restoration of the Lost Judicial Proceedings
