§ 8-85 – Court reporter's certified transcription.
8-85. Court reporter’s certified transcription. Testimony taken and transcribed by a court reporter and certified by the reporter or by the judge who presided at the trial at which the testimony was given, may be offered in evidence in any court as the deposition of the witness whose testimony is so taken and transcribed, in […]
§ 8-97 – Photographs as substantive or illustrative evidence.
8-97. Photographs as substantive or illustrative evidence. Any party may introduce a photograph, video tape, motion picture, X-ray or other photographic representation as substantive evidence upon laying a proper foundation and meeting other applicable evidentiary requirements. This section does not prohibit a party from introducing a photograph or other pictorial representation solely for the purpose […]
§ 8-103 – Courier service and contract carriers.
8-103. Courier service and contract carriers. For purposes of maintaining a chain of custody for any item of evidence, depositing the item with the State courier service operated by the Department of Administration or a common or contract carrier shall be considered the same as depositing such item in first class United States mail. (1983, […]
§ 8-110 – Inadmissibility of negotiations.
8-110. Inadmissibility of negotiations. (a) Evidence of statements made and conduct occurring during mediation at a community mediation center authorized by G.S. 7A-38.5 shall not be subject to discovery and shall be inadmissible in any proceeding in the action or other actions on the same claim, except in proceedings to enforce a settlement of the […]
§ 8-76 – Depositions before municipal authorities.
8-76. Depositions before municipal authorities. Any board of aldermen, board of town or county commissioners or any person interested in any proceeding, investigation, hearing or trial before such board, may take the depositions of all persons whose evidence may be desired for use in said proceeding, investigation, hearing or trial; and to do so, the […]
§ 8-78 – Commissioner may subpoena witness and punish for contempt.
8-78. Commissioner may subpoena witness and punish for contempt. Commissioners to take depositions appointed by the courts of this State, or by the courts of the states or territories of the United States, arbitrators, referees, and all persons acting under a commission issuing from any court of record in this State, are hereby empowered, they […]
§ 8-79 – Attendance before commissioner enforced.
8-79. Attendance before commissioner enforced. The sheriff of the county where the witness may be shall execute all such subpoenas, and make due return thereof before the commissioner, or other person, before whom the witness is to appear, in the same manner, and under the same penalties, as in case of process of a like […]
§ 8-80 – Remedies against defaulting witness before commissioner.
8-80. Remedies against defaulting witness before commissioner. But in case the default be made before a commissioner, arbitrator, referee or other person, acting under a commission or authority from any of the courts of this State, then the same shall be certified under his hand, and returned with the subpoena to the court by which […]
§ 8-81 – Objection to deposition before trial.
8-81. Objection to deposition before trial. At any time before the trial, or hearing of an action or proceeding, any party may make a motion to the judge or court to reject a deposition for irregularity in the taking of it, either in whole or in part, for scandal, impertinence, the incompetency of the testimony, […]
§ 8-82 – Deposition not quashed after trial begun.
8-82. Deposition not quashed after trial begun. No deposition shall be quashed, or rejected, on objection first made after a trial has begun, merely because of an irregularity in taking the same, provided it shall appear that the party objecting had notice that it had been taken, and it was on file long enough before […]