Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure

RULE 29. Rules of Civil Procedure Unless the court specifically orders otherwise, the parties may by written stipulation signed by all parties or counsel (1) provide that depositions may be taken before any person, at any time or place, upon any notice, and in any manner, and when so taken may be used like other depositions, and (2) modify the procedures provided by these rules for other methods of discovery. [As amended July 1, 1979, and by order adopted January 28, 1993, effective July 1, 1993.] Advisory Commission Comments [1993]. The amendment eliminates the prohibition on stipulated time extensions absent court approval for interrogatory answers, production of documents and things, and responses to requests for admission. The court can “specifically order otherwise.” Rule Name Rule 29: Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure.