{"id":4253,"date":"2017-08-09T01:34:04","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T01:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=4253"},"modified":"2017-08-13T20:21:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T20:21:05","slug":"rule-28-persons-before-whom-depositions-may-be-taken","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=4253","title":{"rendered":"Rule 28 \u2013 Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken"},"content":{"rendered":"

(a)\u00a0Within the United States<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

(1)\u00a0In General.<\/em>\u00a0Within the United States or a territory or insular possession subject to United States jurisdiction, a deposition must be taken before:<\/p>\n

(A) an officer authorized to administer oaths either by federal law or by the law in the place of examination; or<\/p>\n

(B) a person appointed by the court where the action is pending to administer oaths and take testimony.<\/p>\n

(2)\u00a0Definition of \u201cOfficer.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0The term \u201cofficer\u201d in Rules\u00a030<\/a>,\u00a031<\/a>, and\u00a032<\/a>\u00a0includes a person appointed by the court under this rule or designated by the parties under\u00a0Rule 29(a)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(b)\u00a0In a Foreign Country<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

(1)\u00a0In General.<\/em>\u00a0A deposition may be taken in a foreign country:<\/p>\n

(A) under an applicable treaty or convention;<\/p>\n

(B) under a letter of request, whether or not captioned a \u201cletter rogatory\u201d;<\/p>\n

(C) on notice, before a person authorized to administer oaths either by federal law or by the law in the place of examination; or<\/p>\n

(D) before a person commissioned by the court to administer any necessary oath and take testimony.<\/p>\n

(2)\u00a0Issuing a Letter of Request or a Commission.<\/em>\u00a0A letter of request, a commission, or both may be issued:<\/p>\n

(A) on appropriate terms after an application and notice of it; and<\/p>\n

(B) without a showing that taking the deposition in another manner is impracticable or inconvenient.<\/p>\n

(3)\u00a0Form of a Request, Notice, or Commission.<\/em>\u00a0When a letter of request or any other device is used according to a treaty or convention, it must be captioned in the form prescribed by that treaty or convention. A letter of request may be addressed \u201cTo the Appropriate Authority in [name of country].\u201d A deposition notice or a commission must designate by name or descriptive title the person before whom the deposition is to be taken.<\/p>\n

(4)\u00a0Letter of Request\u2014Admitting Evidence.<\/em>\u00a0Evidence obtained in response to a letter of request need not be excluded merely because it is not a verbatim transcript, because the testimony was not taken under oath, or because of any similar departure from the requirements for depositions taken within the United States.<\/p>\n

(c)\u00a0Disqualification<\/strong>.\u00a0A deposition must not be taken before a person who is any party\u2019s relative, employee, or attorney; who is related to or employed by any party\u2019s attorney; or who is financially interested in the action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(a)\u00a0Within the United States. (1)\u00a0In General.\u00a0Within the United States or a territory or insular possession subject to United States jurisdiction, a deposition must be taken before: (A) an officer authorized to administer oaths either by federal law or by the law in the place of examination; or (B) a person appointed by the court where … Continue reading Rule 28 \u2013 Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4983,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4253","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4254,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4253\/revisions\/4254"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}