8.01-412.2 - Authorization of audio-visual deposition; official record; uses. - Virginia Statutes

§ 8.01-412.2. Authorization of audio-visual deposition; official record; uses.

Any deposition may be recorded by audio-visual means without a stenographicrecord. Any party may make, at his own expense, a simultaneous stenographicor audio record of the deposition. Upon request and at his own expense, anyparty is entitled to an audio or audio-visual copy of the audio-visualrecording.

The audio-visual recording is an official record of the deposition. Atranscript prepared by a court reporter shall also be deemed an officialrecord of the deposition. An audio-visual deposition may be used for anypurpose and under any circumstances in which a stenographic deposition may beused.

For purposes of this article, "audio-visual" shall include videoconferencing and teleconferencing.

(1983, c. 305; 2000, c. 821.)