---identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s702.341"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "20 CFR § 702.341 - Formal hearings; depositions; interrogatories."title_number: 20title_name: "Employees' Benefits"section_number: "702.341"section_name: "Formal hearings; depositions; interrogatories."chapter_name: "OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"subchapter_number: "A"subchapter_name: "LONGSHOREMEN'S AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT AND RELATED STATUTES"part_number: "702"part_name: "ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171 33 U.S.C. 901 42 U.S.C. 1651 43 U.S.C. 1333; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834."regulatory_source: "38 FR 26861, Sept. 26, 1973, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "702"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t20/s702.341
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor
Authority
5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171 33 U.S.C. 901 42 U.S.C. 1651 43 U.S.C. 1333; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan N... 5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171 33 U.S.C. 901 42 U.S.C. 1651 43 U.S.C. 1333; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.
# 702.341 Formal hearings; depositions; interrogatories.The testimony of any witness, including any party represented by counsel, may be taken by deposition or interrogatory according to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as supplemented by local rules of practice for the Federal district court for the judicial district in which the case is pending. However, such depositions or interrogatories must be completed within reasonable times to be fixed by the Chief Administrative Law Judge or the administrative law judge assigned to the case.[42 FR 42552, Aug. 23, 1977]