Rule 38(b) sets the timing for a jury demand to be served by no later than when?

• A. No later than 7 days after service of last pleading.
• B. No later than 21 days after filing.
• C. No later than 14 days after the last pleading directed to the issue is served.
• D. Only at trial.

Answer: (C)

The timing for demanding a jury trial is set by Rule 38(b). You must serve the jury demand no later than 14 days after the service of the last pleading directed to the issue that will be tried by jury. This means the clock starts when the most recent pleading that raises or addresses the issue goes out to the other side, not from filing or from trial. If you miss that 14-day window, you generally waive the right to a jury trial on those issues.

The other options don’t fit because the deadline isn’t counted from filing, isn’t as short as seven days, isn’t twenty-one days, and you can’t wait until trial to file the demand.