RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 268 (HB 227) 2017 Regular Session Shadoin
Existing law provides the procedures for taking, certifying, and sealing the deposition of a
witness in civil matters.
Existing 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.
New law retains existing law but specifies that the deposition shall be simultaneously sent
to the party requesting that the deposition be taken and to all other parties to the action who
order a copy of the deposition.
New law adds an alternate procedure for sealing the deposition electronically by secure
electronic means and simultaneously delivering the deposition electronically to all parties to
the action who have ordered a copy of the deposition, with the party at whose request the
deposition was taken becoming the custodian of the deposition.
Effective August 1, 2017.
(Amends C.C.P. Art. 1446(A)(1))