Rule 1.711 Answers to interrogatories

When a deposition is done through written questions instead of someone asking questions in person, there are still steps that must be followed. The person who wants the deposition sends a copy of the notice and all the written questions to the officer named in the notice. This officer is usually someone qualified to run the deposition, like a court reporter.

The officer then gets the answers from the person being questioned (the deponent) and finishes the deposition process. This works the same way as regular depositions described in rules 1.708 and 1.709. The one difference is that the answers do not have to be written down word for word by a stenographer as they happen. This gives some flexibility in how the answers get recorded, since the questions were already prepared in writing ahead of time.