8-16-121 - Depositions taken by notaries public of other states.
8-16-121. Depositions taken by notaries public of other states.
A notary public, duly and lawfully commissioned by the proper authorities of another state and empowered by the law of such state to take depositions, is authorized to take depositions to be used in the courts of this state, upon the same terms that are provided for the taking of depositions by other officials in such states. But the certificate of such notary shall show the date of the commencement and expiration of the commission under which the notary may be acting.
[Acts 1885, ch. 11, §§ 1, 2; Shan., § 3197; Code 1932, § 5897; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1627; T.C.A. § 8-16-309; Acts 2004, ch. 854, § 18.]