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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60387</law_id><section_number>8.01-420.4</section_number><catch_line>Taking of depositions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>64.2-447</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="14">Evidence</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">Miscellaneous Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> <span class="dictionary">Party</span> <span class="dictionary">Depositions</span>. &#x2014; A <span class="dictionary">deposition</span> of a <span class="dictionary">party</span>, or any <span class="dictionary">witness</span> designated under Rule 4:5(b)(6) to testify on behalf of a <span class="dictionary">party</span>, shall be taken in the county or city in which <span class="dictionary">suit</span> is pending, in an adjacent county or city, at a place upon which the parties agree, or at a place that the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may, for good cause, designate. Good cause may include the expense or inconvenience of a non-resident <span class="dictionary">party</span> <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> 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 <span class="dictionary">appearance</span> otherwise made. <a id="paragraph-220859" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-420.4/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Non-<span class="dictionary">party</span> <span class="dictionary">Witness</span> <span class="dictionary">Depositions</span>. &#x2014; Unless otherwise provided by the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> where a non-<span class="dictionary">party</span> <span class="dictionary">witness</span> resides, a <span class="dictionary">deposition</span> of a non-<span class="dictionary">party</span> <span class="dictionary">witness</span> shall be taken in the county or city where the non-<span class="dictionary">party</span> <span class="dictionary">witness</span> resides, is employed, or has his principal place of business; at a place upon which the <span class="dictionary">witness</span> and the parties to the <span class="dictionary">litigation</span> agree; or at a place that the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may, for good cause, designate. <a id="paragraph-220860" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-420.4/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1989, c. 209; 1991, c. 81; 1993, cc. 428, 940; 2005, c. 597.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
