Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in New York

A court reporter records a deposition by digital recording or stenographic means. Audio and video recordings of the deposition are taken as well.

After a deposition usually you recieve a hard copy of the deposition to review.

Are you allowed to request the audio recording of the deposition?

How does the deposed know that an audio or video recording was taken?

By speaking into a microphone during the deposition, does that indicate that an audio recording was taken?

Does a notation need to appear in the hard copy of the depositions indicating that a audio and/or video recording has been taken and/or conducted?


Asked on 1/22/14, 7:45 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Locksley Wade Law Office of Locksley O. Wade

If the Notice of Deposition states that there will be an electronic record (audio or video) then you can make a request for a copy. The tape recordings are just for the court reporters use only as an aid in transcribing the deposition and neither side can get copies.

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Answered on 1/24/14, 8:36 am


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