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Below is '''Rule 38''' of the [[Federal Rules of Civil Procedure]].  Rule 38 deals with '''Right to a Jury Trial; Demand''', and is indexed under Chapter VI, dealing with [[Trials]].

==(a) Right Preserved.==
:The right of trial by jury as declared by the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution — or as provided by a federal statute — is preserved to the parties inviolate.
==(b) Demand.==
:On any issue triable of right by a jury, a party may demand a jury trial by:
:(1) serving the other parties with a written demand — which may be included in a pleading — no later than 14 days after the last pleading directed to the issue is served; and 
:(2) filing the demand in accordance with [[FRCP_Rule_5#.28d.29_Filing|Rule 5(d)]].
==(c) Specifying Issues.==
:In its demand, a party may specify the issues that it wishes to have tried by a jury; otherwise, it is considered to have demanded a jury trial on all the issues so triable. If the party has demanded a jury trial on only some issues, any other party may — within 14 days after being served with the demand or within a shorter time ordered by the court — serve a demand for a jury trial on any other or all factual issues triable by jury.
==(d) Waiver; Withdrawal.==
:A party waives a jury trial unless its demand is properly served and filed. A proper demand may be withdrawn only if the parties consent.
==(e) Admiralty and Maritime Claims.==
:These rules do not create a right to a jury trial on issues in a claim that is an admiralty or maritime claim under [[FRCP_Rule_9#.28h.29_Admiralty_or_Maritime_Claim.|Rule 9(h)]].

[[Category:Federal Rules of Civil Procedure]]