{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-60-228","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 60-228","heading":"Persons before whom depositions may be taken.","body":"(a) Within the United States. (1) Inside this state. Depositions in this state must be taken before:\n(A) An officer or person authorized to administer oaths by the laws of this state; and\n(B) a person who is certified as a certified court reporter by the Kansas supreme court.\n(2) Outside this state. Outside this state, but within the United States or a territory or insular possession subject to United States jurisdiction, a deposition must be taken before:\n(A) An officer authorized to administer oaths by the law in the place of examination; or\n(B) a person appointed by the court where the action is pending to administer oaths and take testimony.\n(3) Granting of commission. A court of this state in which an action is pending may grant a commission to one or more persons to take depositions inside or outside this state. The clerk may issue the commission under the seal of the court.\n(b) In a foreign country. (1) In general. A deposition may be taken in a foreign country:\n(A) Under an applicable treaty or convention;\n(B) under a letter of request, whether or not captioned a \"letter rogatory\";\n(C) on notice, before a person authorized to administer oaths either by federal law or by the law in the place of examination; or\n(D) before a person commissioned by the court to administer any necessary oath and take testimony.\n(2) Issuing a letter of request or a commission. A letter of request, a commission, or both may be issued:\n(A) On appropriate terms after an application and notice of it; and\n(B) without a showing that taking the deposition in another manner is impracticable or inconvenient.\n(3) Form of a request, notice or commission. When a letter of request or any other device is used according to a treaty or convention, it must be captioned in the form prescribed by that treaty or convention. A letter of request may be addressed \"To the Appropriate Authority in (name of country).\" A deposition notice or a commission must designate by name or descriptive title the person before whom the deposition is to be taken.\n(4) Letter of request; admitting evidence. Evidence obtained in response to a letter of request need not be excluded merely because it is not a verbatim transcript, because the testimony was not taken under oath or because of any similar departure from the requirements for depositions taken within this state.\n(c) Disqualification. A deposition must not be taken before a person who is any party's relative, employee or attorney, who is related to or employed by any party's attorney or who is financially interested in the action.","path":["Chapter 60.—PROCEDURE, CIVIL","Article 2.—RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch60/060_002_0028.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:21:56Z","sha256":"025500603f3bd08c28dcc0561b3f2a25b9fb8cdde2f4c95eef500209e2be2d6b","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-60-227","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-60-228a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}