1. 1. In an investigation, the Administrator or a hearing officer may cause depositions of witnesses residing within or without the State to be taken in the manner prescribed by law and Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure for taking depositions in civil actions in courts of record.

2. 2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616D.050, after the initiation of a claim under the provisions of this chapter or chapter 616A, 616B, 616C or 617 of NRS, in which a claimant or other party is entitled to a hearing on the merits, any party to the proceeding may, in the manner prescribed by law and the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure for taking written interrogatories and depositions in civil actions in courts of record:

   1. (a) Serve upon any other party written interrogatories to be answered by the party served; or
   2. (b) Take the testimony of any person, including a party, by deposition upon oral examination.

[50:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.50]—(NRS A 1975, 762; 1979, 1043; 1981, 1462; 2025, 3318)