Nevada Revised Statutes 616D.090 – Depositions of witnesses
1. In an investigation, the Administrator or a hearing officer may cause depositions of witnesses residing within or without the State to be taken in the manner prescribed by law and Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure for taking depositions in civil actions in courts of record.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 616D.090
- Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
- Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
2. After the initiation of a claim under the provisions of this chapter or chapter 616A, 616B, 616C or 617 of NRS, in which a claimant or other party is entitled to a hearing on the merits, any party to the proceeding may, in the manner prescribed by law and the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure for taking written interrogatories and depositions in civil actions in courts of record:
(a) Serve upon any other party written interrogatories to be answered by the party served; or
(b) Take the testimony of any person, including a party, by deposition upon oral examination.