Title 15 — CIVIL PROCEDURE

Whenever a proceeding in civil or criminal court is permitted under these rules to be conducted by interactive audiovisual device, the device shall enable a judge or magistrate to see and converse simultaneously with the parties, their counsel or other persons including witnesses…

Unless prohibited by any other law, all other proceedings where the court and parties agree may be conducted by interactive audiovisual device. Source: SL 2007, ch 301 (Supreme Court Rule 06-69), eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

The Supreme Court may establish rules pursuant to § 16-3-1 to provide for the use of interactive audio visual equipment for noncourt proceedings and to establish a fee schedule for any such use by nonstate agencies. Any fee collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in…

At the discretion of the court, all traffic offense proceedings may be conducted by interactive audiovisual device. Source: SL 2007, ch 301 (Supreme Court Rule 06-69), eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

At the discretion of the court, whenever the law requires a defendant in a misdemeanor or felony criminal case to appear before a judge or magistrate for an initial or subsequent appearance, bail, arraignment, or other pre-trial proceeding, the proceeding may be conducted by inte…

At the discretion of the court, misdemeanor plea hearings and misdemeanor sentence hearings may be conducted by interactive audiovisual device. Source: SL 2007, ch 301 (Supreme Court Rule 06-69), eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

At the discretion of the court, post-conviction proceedings, including habeas corpus proceedings, may be conducted by interactive audiovisual device. Source: SL 2007, ch 301 (Supreme Court Rule 06-69), eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

At the discretion of the court, interactive audiovisual devices may be used to conduct detention, advisory, status, admissions, change of plea, dispositional and review hearings in juvenile court. Judges may, in their discretion, require legal counsel or, if proceeding pro se, a …

At the discretion of the court, civil commitment hearings may be conducted by interactive audiovisual device. Source: SL 2007, ch 301 (Supreme Court Rule 06-69), eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

At the discretion of the prosecuting attorney, grand jury proceedings, including taking testimony of witnesses, may be conducted by interactive audiovisual device. Source: SL 2007, ch 301 (Supreme Court Rule 06-69), eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

Use of interactive audiovisual device will not be permitted to conduct any felony plea hearings, any stage of trial, felony sentencing, or probation revocation hearing unless all parties to the proceeding stipulate to the use of the interactive audiovisual device for one of the a…