Virginia § 8.01-406 - Interpreters; recording testimony of deaf witness (Supreme Court Rule 2:604 derived from this section)
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§ 8.01-406. Interpreters; recording testimony of deaf witness (Supreme Court Rule 2:604 derived from this section)
Interpreters shall be sworn truly so to do. In any judicial proceeding, the judge on his own motion or on the motion of a party to the proceeding may order all of the testimony of a deaf individual and the interpretation thereof to be visually electronically recorded for use in verification of the official transcript of the proceedings.
Code 1950, § 8-295; 1977, c. 617; 1978, c. 601.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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