NC H610

Allows deponents lacking government-issued photographic identification to give testimony under penalty of perjury via a signed declaration instead of being sworn in during civil depositions.

Requires deponent declarations to include specific content: case identification information, deponent's legal name and address, deposition date, bolded perjury warning statement, signature lines, and signatures of two witnesses present at signing.

Establishes that deponent declarations have the same legal effect as affirmations under G.S. 14-209, with willful perjury subject to the same punishments.

Mandates the signed declaration be attached to the deposition transcript as an exhibit and filed with the transcript.

Clarifies that preparing a deponent's declaration does not constitute unauthorized practice of law and becomes effective October 1, 2019.