---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 30.218"
title: "43"
number: "30.218"
heading: "How may the transcript of a deposition be used?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/30.218"
---

# §30.218. How may the transcript of a deposition be used?


A transcript of a deposition taken under this part may be offered by any party or the judge in a hearing if the judge finds that the evidence is otherwise admissible and if either:

- (a) The witness is unavailable; or
- (b) **The interest of fairness is served by allowing the transcript to be used.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 503; 25 U.S.C. 9, 372-74, 410, 2201 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1457.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 67289, Nov. 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted.