Missouri legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Missouri HB128: Establishes the "Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act"
Status: In committee, May 15, 2025
What the bill says
To amend chapter 510, RSMo, by adding thereto eight new sections relating to the uniform interstate depositions and discovery act. Section A. Chapter 510, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto eight new sections, to be known as sections 510.500, 510.503, 510.506, 510.509, 510.512, 510.515, 510.518, and 510.521, to read as follows: 510.500. Sections 510.500 to 510.521 shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act". 510.503. As used in sections 510.500 to 510.521, the following terms (2) "Foreign subpoena", a subpoena issued under authority of a court of r.
From the introduced text:
To amend chapter 510, RSMo, by adding thereto eight new sections relating to the uniform interstate depositions and discovery act. Section A. Chapter 510, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto eight new sections, to be known as sections 510.500, 510.503, 510.506, 510.509, 510.512, 510.515, 510.518, and 510.521, to read as follows: 510.500. Sections 510.500 to 510.521 shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act". 510.503. As used in sections 510.500 to 510.521, the following terms (2) "Foreign subpoena", a subpoena issued under authority of a court of record of a foreign jurisdiction; (3) "Person", an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or political subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity; (4) "State", a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; (5) "Subpoena", a document, however denominated, issued under authority of a court of record requiring a person EXPLANATION -- Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed …