CHAPTER 3. DEPOSITIONS - Indiana Statutes

IC 33-41-3
     Chapter 3. Depositions

IC 33-41-3-1
Applicability of chapter
     Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to contracts for court reporting services for any of the following:
        (1) A court.
        (2) An agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision.
        (3) An agency or instrumentality of the government of the United States.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

IC 33-41-3-2
Employee defined
     Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "employee" includes the following:
        (1) A person who provides reporting or other court services under a contractual relationship with a person interested in the outcome of litigation, including anyone that may be ultimately responsible for payment.
        (2) A person who is employed to provide reporting or other court services part time or full time under a contract or otherwise by a person that has a contractual relationship with a party.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

IC 33-41-3-3
Depositions for use in court proceedings
     Sec. 3. A deposition to be used in a proceeding in a circuit, superior, probate, county, city, or town court, the court of appeals, or the supreme court must be taken before an individual who:
        (1) is described in section 4 of this chapter; and
        (2) does not have a prohibited interest or relationship described in section 5 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

IC 33-41-3-4
Before whom depositions must be taken
     Sec. 4. A deposition must be taken before:
        (1) a hearing officer;
        (2) a judge, a clerk, a commissioner, or an official reporter of a court;
        (3) a notary public; or
        (4) another individual authorized by law to take a deposition.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

IC 33-41-3-5
Persons who may not take depositions      Sec. 5. (a) Subsection (b)(4) does not apply to a relative or employee of the attorney of one (1) of the parties to a proceeding.
    (b) A deposition may not be taken by a person who is:
        (1) a party to the proceeding;
        (2) a relative, an employee, or an attorney of one (1) of the parties to the proceeding;
        (3) someone with a financial interest in the proceeding or its outcome; or
        (4) a relative, an employee, or an attorney of a person with a financial interest in the proceeding or its outcome.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

IC 33-41-3-6
Void depositions
     Sec. 6. A deposition that is not taken in conformity with section 3 of this chapter is void.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.

IC 33-41-3-7
Transcription of depositions
     Sec. 7. A person, when reducing a deposition to writing, shall transcribe a page unit of the deposition in the same form as the form required for a record of proceedings under Indiana Rule of Appellate Procedure 7.2.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.