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Alaska R. Civ. P. 28

Persons Before Whom Depositions May be Taken; Foreign Commissions and Letters Rogatory

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(a) Within the State. Within the state, depositions shall

be taken before an officer authorized by the laws of this state

to administer oaths, or before a person appointed by the court

in which the action is pending. A person appointed has power

to administer oaths and take testimony.

(b) In Foreign Jurisdictions. In all jurisdictions outside

Alaska, depositions may be taken (1) on notice before a person

authorized to administer oaths in the place in which the

examination is held, either by the law thereof or by the law of

the United States, or (2) before a person commissioned by the

court, and a person so commissioned shall have the power by

virtue of the commission to administer any necessary oath and

take testimony, or (3) pursuant to a letter rogatory. A

commission or letter rogatory shall be issued on application

and notice and on terms that are just and appropriate. It is not

requisite to the issuance of a commission or a letter rogatory

that the taking of the deposition in any other manner is

impracticable or inconvenient; and both a commission and a

letter rogatory may be issued in proper cases. A notice or

commission may designate the person before whom the

deposition is to be taken either by name or descriptive title. A

letter rogatory may be addressed “To the Appropriate

Authority in [here name the jurisdiction].” Evidence obtained

in a foreign country in response to a letter rogatory need not be

excluded merely for the reason that it is not a verbatim

transcript or that the testimony was not taken under oath or for

any similar departure from the requirements for depositions

taken within the United States under these rules.

taken before a person who is a relative or employee or attorney

or counsel of any of the parties, or is a relative or employee of

such attorney or counsel, or is financially interested in the

action, except that in the case of an audio or audio-visual

deposition, an attorney involved in the case may also operate

or direct the operation of the recording machinery.

History

(Adopted by SCO 5 October 9, 1959; amended by SCO 158 effective February 15, 1973; by SCO 733 effective December 15, 1986; by SCO 1153 effective July 15, 1994; by SCO 1610 effective April 16, 2007; and by SCO 1853 effective October 15, 2015)

Provenance

Source: courts.alaska.gov
Retrieved: 2026-09-24
Edition: 2026-09-24
Content hash: 3984a07a7fa0aaf67e4a9cccbdde425b1771222424bda47aed458db0b7914b03

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