{"law_id":"779330","section_number":"8.01-420.4","catch_line":"Taking of depositions","history":"1989, c. 209; 1991, c. 81; 1993, cc. 428, 940; 2005, c. 597.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/8.01-420.4\/","refers_to":false,"url":"\/8.01-420.4\/","token":"8.01\/14\/9\/8.01-420.4","structure":{"1":{"id":"960","name":"Miscellaneous Provisions","identifier":"9","label":"article","url":"\/8.01\/14\/9\/"},"2":{"id":"959","name":"Evidence","identifier":"14","label":"chapter","url":"\/8.01\/14\/"},"3":{"id":"52","name":"Civil Remedies And Procedure","identifier":"8.01","label":"title","url":"\/8.01\/"}},"referred_to_by":false,"edition_id":"11","section_id":"779330","structure_id":"960","full_text":"A A deposition of a party, or any witness designated under Rule 4:5(b)(6) to testify on behalf of a party, shall be taken in the county or city in which suit is pending, in an adjacent county or city, at a place upon which the parties agree, or at a place that the court may, for good cause, designate. Good cause may include the expense or inconvenience of a non-resident party defendant appearing in one of the locations specified in this subsection. The restrictions as to parties set forth in this subsection shall not apply where no responsive pleading has been filed or an appearance otherwise made.\r\rB Unless otherwise provided by the law of the jurisdiction where a non-party witness resides, a deposition of a non-party witness shall be taken in the county or city where the non-party witness resides, is employed, or has his principal place of business; at a place upon which the witness and the parties to the litigation agree; or at a place that the court may, for good cause, designate.\r\r","text":{"0":{"id":"2513549","text":"A deposition of a party, or any witness designated under Rule 4:5(b)(6) to testify on behalf of a party, shall be taken in the county or city in which suit is pending, in an adjacent county or city, at a place upon which the parties agree, or at a place that the court may, for good cause, designate. Good cause may include the expense or inconvenience of a non-resident party defendant appearing in one of the locations specified in this subsection. The restrictions as to parties set forth in this subsection shall not apply where no responsive pleading has been filed or an appearance otherwise made.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1},"1":{"id":"2513550","text":"Unless otherwise provided by the law of the jurisdiction where a non-party witness resides, a deposition of a non-party witness shall be taken in the county or city where the non-party witness resides, is employed, or has his principal place of business; at a place upon which the witness and the parties to the litigation agree; or at a place that the court may, for good cause, designate.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"960","name":"Miscellaneous Provisions","identifier":"9","label":"article","url":"\/8.01\/14\/9\/"},"2":{"id":"959","name":"Evidence","identifier":"14","label":"chapter","url":"\/8.01\/14\/"},"3":{"id":"52","name":"Civil Remedies And Procedure","identifier":"8.01","label":"title","url":"\/8.01\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"784126","structure_id":"960","section_number":"8.01-417","catch_line":"Copies of written statements or transcriptions of verbal statements by injured person to be delivered to him; 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A deposition of a party, or any witness designated under Rule 4:5(b)(6) to\ntestify on behalf of a party, shall be taken in the county or city in which suit\nis pending, in an adjacent county or city, at a place upon which the parties\nagree, or at a place that the court may, for good cause, designate. Good cause\nmay include the expense or inconvenience of a non-resident party defendant\nappearing in one of the locations specified in this subsection. The restrictions\nas to parties set forth in this subsection shall not apply where no responsive\npleading has been filed or an appearance otherwise made.\n\nB. Unless otherwise provided by the law of the jurisdiction where a non-party\nwitness resides, a deposition of a non-party witness shall be taken in the\ncounty or city where the non-party witness resides, is employed, or has his\nprincipal place of business; at a place upon which the witness and the parties\nto the litigation agree; or at a place that the court may, for good cause,\ndesignate.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 209; 1991, c. 81; 1993, cc. 428, 940; 2005, c. 597."}