(a) If a witness is a prisoner confined in a prison in the state, a state court may order the prisoner’s temporary removal and production before a state court for the purpose of being orally examined

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 09.20.130

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) by the court or a judge of the court in which the action or proceeding is pending, unless it is a district court;
(2) by a judge of the superior or supreme court when the action or proceeding is pending in a district court, or when the witness’s oral examination is required before a judge or other persons out of court.
(b) In any other case, a state court may order the examination in prison upon a deposition.
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