§ 9-18-7 - Sealing and delivery to court. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 9-18-7

   § 9-18-7  Sealing and delivery to court.– The deposition, once taken, shall be retained by the magistrate, officer, orcommissioner until he or she delivers the deposition with his or her own handto the court for which it is taken, or shall, together with a certificate ofits having been duly taken, be by the magistrate, officer, or commissioner,sealed up and directed to such court and delivered to the clerk thereof, andremain so sealed until opened by order of the court or of some justice thereof,or by the clerk with the consent of the parties; and any person may becompelled to appear and depose as provided in this chapter within this state,in the same manner as to appear and testify in court.