United States · Federal civil procedure
When may a deponent review the transcript and sign changes?
If the deponent or a party requested review before the deposition was completed, the deponent must be allowed thirty days after the officer notifies availability of the transcript or recording. The deponent may review it and sign a statement listing changes and reasons. This calculator covers the ordinary thirty-day review period, without deciding whether particular changes are permissible.
- Period
- Thirty days after the officer’s availability notification in the ordinary requested-review branch
- Trigger
- The officer’s actual notification that the transcript or recording is available
- Rule
- FRCP 30(e)(1)
December 1, 2025 compilation
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Which event starts this procedure?
Verify that the deponent or a party requested review before the deposition was completed.
Preserve the officer’s actual notification that the transcript or recording is available.
Read any actual order affecting the review period. Do not substitute deposition completion or transcript preparation for notification.
FRCP 30(e)(1)How is the ordinary period counted?
- Identify the actual actor, pleading and required act.
- Establish the specified event and applicable order.
- Exclude the verified event day and count the scoped calendar-day period.
- Check final-day conditions and preserve service and filing evidence separately.
Exclude the independently established event day and count the scoped period under Rule 6(a). This event does not itself invoke Rule 6(d). Check the actual procedure and any different applicable order or granted extension.
Rule 6(a) excludes the operative event and counts intermediate calendar days. A final Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday moves forward. Rule 6(a)(6) includes federal and President or Congress declared holidays, plus state-declared holidays for forward periods in the district. Qualifying clerk inaccessibility matters separately for filing.
FRCP 6(a)(1)What does an independently checked example show?
Fictitious example
Fictitious dates. Review was requested before completion. The officer actually notifies availability on July 6. No different actual order applies.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Event | The officer’s actual notification that the transcript or recording is available | July 6, 2026 |
| Count | Thirty days after the officer’s availability notification in the ordinary requested-review branch | August 5, 2026 |
Fictitious dates. The applicable event is established independently. No different statute, court-set time, granted extension, additional declared holiday or clerk inaccessibility is assumed.
Try these dates in the calculatorWhich conditions change the assessment?
- Request before completion
- The right described in Rule 30(e)(1) arises on a request by the deponent or a party before the deposition is completed.
- Signed changes and reasons
- Changes in form or substance require a signed statement listing the changes and the reasons. This calculator does not decide admissibility or contested changes.
- Certificate and actual order
- Rule 30(e)(2) requires the officer to note the requested review and attach changes made during the thirty-day period. Verify any actual different court order or granted extension separately.
- This page does not establish effective service, merits, compliance or an actual court grant.
- Service and filing are different acts. Verify both when required.
What should I verify before acting?
Common questions
This procedure and its conditions
Does the deposition date start these thirty days?
No. The specified event is the officer’s notification that the transcript or recording is available.
FRCP 30(e)(1)Can review be requested only after the deposition ends?
The described Rule 30(e)(1) right requires a request before the deposition is completed.
FRCP 30(e)(1)Does a computed period validate every proposed substantive change?
No. The rule requires a signed statement of changes and reasons. A date calculation does not determine contested changes.
FRCP 30(e)(1)Official sources and review
Provisions used (4)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| FRCP 30(e)(1) | This actor, required act, operative event and period |
| FRCP 30(e)(1)–(2) | Signed changes and officer’s certificate |
| FRCP 6(a)(1) | Event exclusion and intermediate calendar days |
| FRCP 6(a)(3)–(6) and (b)(1) | Actual final-day conditions, filing boundaries and applicable extension limits |