27 CFR § 71.125 - Depositions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s71.125"
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title: "27 CFR § 71.125 - Depositions."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "71.125"
section_name: "Depositions."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES"
part_number: "71"
part_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE IN PERMIT PROCEEDINGS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 551-559, 26 U.S.C. 5171, 5181, 5271, 5712, 5713, 7805, 27 U.S.C. 204."
regulatory_source: "21 FR 1441, Mar. 6, 1956, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975, and further redesignated by T.D. ATF-463, 66 FR 42734, Aug. 15, 2001."
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# 71.125 Depositions.

The administrative law judge may take or order the taking of depositions by either party to the proceeding at such time and place as he may designate before a person having the power to administer oaths, upon application therefor and notice to the parties to the action. The testimony shall be reduced to writing by the person taking the deposition, or under his direction, and the deposition shall be subscribed by the deponent unless subscribing thereof is waived in writing by the parties. Any person may be subpoenaed to appear and depose and to produce documentary evidence in the same manner as witnesses at hearings.