{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-8-5-8.3","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-5-8.3","heading":"Visual recording of testimony.","body":"At the request of any party to the proceeding or the hearing or on the appointing authority’s initiative, the appointing authority may order that the testimony of the person who is deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind and the interpretation/transliteration of the proceeding by the qualified interpreter/transliterator be visually recorded for use in verification of the official transcript of the proceeding or hearing.\nIn any judicial proceeding involving a capital offense, the appointing authority may order that the testimony of the person who is deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind and the interpretation/transliteration of the proceeding or the hearing by the qualified interpreter/transliterator be visually recorded for use in verification of the official transcript of the proceeding or the hearing.","path":["Title 8 Courts and Civil Procedure — Courts","Chapter 5 Court Secretaries, Court Reporters, and Electronic Court Reporters"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE8/8-5/8-5-8.3.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:54:53Z","sha256":"a3a420ab4216336e3b27736886455a31d7333e8684aec991c004bd066c8bfb33","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-8-5-8.2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-8-5-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}