GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 801 
HOUSE BILL 1366 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE RULE REGARDING DEPOSITIONS UPON ORAL EXAMINATION. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 1A-1, Rule 30 (b)(4) is rewritten to read: 
"(4)	In addition to stenographic means, testimony at a deposition may also be taken without order of court by other methods, including videotape. If the testimony is to be taken by other methods in addition to stenographic means, the notice shall state the methods by which it shall be taken and the deposing party shall provide for the transcribing of the testimony taken and the filing of the transcript of such testimony with the clerk in the manner provided in subsection (f)(1) of this rule." 
Sec. 2.  G.S. 1A-1, Rule 30(b) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read: 
"(7)	The parties may stipulate in writing or the court may upon motion order that a deposition be taken by telephone. For the purposes of this rule and Rules 28(a), 37(a)(1) and 45(d), a deposition taken by telephone is taken in the district and the place where the deponent is to answer questions propounded to him." 
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of July, 1983.