Section 26-2-201 - Court order to obtain deposition or attendance of prisonerIf the witness is a prisoner confined in a jail or prison within this state, an order for the witness's examination in the jail or prison upon deposition or for the witness's temporary removal and production before a court or officer for the purpose of being orally examined may be made as follows:
(1) by the court itself in which the action or special proceeding is pending unless it is a justice's court;(2) by a justice of the supreme court or a judge of the district court of the county where the action or proceeding is pending if pending before a justice's court or before a judge or other person out of court.En. Sec. 332, p. 112, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 390, p. 213, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 464, p. 128, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 644, p. 207, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 644, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 665, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 3310, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7984, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 10628, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1995; re-en. Sec. 10628, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-1501-13; amd. Sec. 548, Ch. 56, L. 2009.