A party to a proceeding conducted pursuant to this chapter may depose a witness within or without the State and either by commission or de bene esse. The deposition must be taken pursuant and subject to the same provisions, conditions, and restrictions that apply to taking of similar depositions in actions brought in the court of common pleas. The same rules with respect to the giving of notice to the opposite party, the taking and transcribing of testimony, the transmission and certification of them and matters of practice relating to them apply.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-490
Depositions
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Moore v. Bonner (1981)
Most recently applied in Brown v. James (July 2010)
1962 Code SECTION 21-369; 1974 (58) 2343; 2016 Act No. 221 (H.3560), SECTION 6, eff June 3, 2016.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.