2013 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 15 - CIVIL PROCEDURE
Chapter 06 - Rules Of Procedure In Circuit Courts
§ 15-6-30(g) Failure to attend or to serve subpoena for deposition expenses.
15-6-30(g). Failure to attend or to serve subpoena for deposition expenses.
(1) If the party giving the notice of the taking of a deposition fails to attend and proceed therewith and another party attends in person or by attorney pursuant to the notice, the court may order the party giving the notice to pay to such other party the amount of the reasonable expenses incurred by that party and that party's attorney in so attending, including reasonable attorney's fees.
(2) If the party giving the notice of the taking of a deposition of a witness fails to serve a subpoena upon the witness and the witness because of such failure does not attend, and if another party attends in person or by attorney because that party expects the deposition of that witness to be taken, the court may order the party giving the notice to pay to such other party the amount of reasonable expenses incurred by that party and that party's attorney in so attending, including reasonable attorney's fees.
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 36.0515; SD RCP, Rule 30 (g), as adopted by Sup. Ct. Order March 29, 1966, effective July 1, 1966; Supreme Court Rule 76-3, § 4; SL 2006, ch 299 (Supreme Court Rule 06-25), eff. July 1, 2006.
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