§ 25A-23. Answers to Interrogatories

(a)Any such interrogatories shall be answered under oath by the party to whom directed and such answers shall not be filed with the court but shall be served within thirty days after the date of certification of service, in accordance with Sections 10-12, 10-14 and 10-17, of the interrogatories or, if applicable, the notice of interrogatories on the answering party, unless:

(1) Counsel file with the court a written stipulation extending the time within which answers or objections may be served; or

(2) The party to whom the interrogatories are directed, after service in accordance with Sections 10-12, 10-14 and 10-17, files a request for extension of time, for not more than thirty days, within the initial thirty-day period. Such request shall contain a certification by the requesting party that the case has not been assigned for trial. Such request shall be deemed to have been automatically granted by the judicial authority on the date of filing, unless within ten days of such filing the party who has served the interrogatories or the notice of interrogatories shall file objection thereto. A party shall be entitled to one such request for each set of interrogatories directed to that party; or

(3) Upon motion, the judicial authority allows a longer time.

(b)The party answering interrogatories shall attach a cover sheet to the answers. The cover sheet shall comply with Sections 4-1 and 4-2 and shall state that the party has answered all of the interrogatories or shall set forth those interrogatories to which the party objects and the reasons for objection. The cover sheet and the answers shall not be filed with the court unless the responding party objects to one or more interrogatories, in which case only the cover sheet shall be so filed.

(c)All answers to interrogatories shall repeat immediately before each answer the interrogatory being answered. Answers are to be signed by the person making them. The party serving the interrogatories or the notice of interrogatories may move for an order under Section 25a-25 with respect to any failure to answer.