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HB 227 Original 2017 Regular Session Shadoin
Abstract: Adds an alternate procedure for court reporters to seal depositions electronically by
secure electronic means and deliver a deposition electronically to the party at whose request
the deposition was taken.
Present law provides the procedures for taking, certifying, and sealing the deposition of a witness
in civil matters.
Present law requires the court reporter to securely seal the deposition in an envelope endorsed with
the title of the action and promptly send it by U.S. mail or by courier to the party at whose request
the deposition was taken, who shall become the custodian of the deposition.
Proposed law retains present law and adds an alternate procedure for sealing the deposition
electronically by secure electronic means and delivering the deposition electronically to the party at
whose request the deposition was taken.
(Amends C.C.P. Art. 1446(A)(1))