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RSA 517-A:1 · Uniform Foreign Depositions Law

517-A:1 Uniform Foreign Depositions Law. –

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This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Foreign Depositions Law."

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Whenever any mandate, writ or commission is issued out of any court of record in any other state, territory, district, or foreign jurisdiction, or whenever upon notice or agreement it is required to take the testimony of a witness or witnesses in this state, witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify in the same manner and by the same process and proceeding as may be employed for the purpose of taking testimony in proceedings pending in this state.

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This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purposes to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. Source. 1997, 17:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.

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Source note

Source. 1997, 17:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.

Source history

  • 1997, 17:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998

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    e depositions and discovery. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 Proceedings in Court; Uniform Foreign Depositions Law. RSA 517-A is repealed and reenacted to read as follows: 517-A:1 Short Title. This chapter may be known and cited as the "Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act". 517-A:2 Definitions. In this chapter: I. “Foreign

  • 2026 HB1489 reference · effective 2027-01-01

    Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or, for the purposes of RSA 517-A:8 through RSA 517-A:11, a foreign country. V. “Subpoena” means a document, however denominated, issued under the authority of a court of record requiring a person to: (a) Attend and give testimony at a deposition; (b) Produce and permit in