1.    Evidence must be presented in open court, recorded, and preserved as part of the record of the proceedings.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 29-32.1-10

  • 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.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37

2.    A certified record of previous proceedings may be used as evidence of facts and occurrences established therein, but use of that record does not preclude either party from offering additional evidence as to those facts and occurrences.

3.    The deposition of a witness may be received in evidence, without regard to the availability of the witness, if written notice of intention to use the deposition was given in advance of the hearing and the deposition was taken subject to the right of cross-examination.