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CA Civ Pro Code § 2020.510 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 4 - CIVIL DISCOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Nonparty Discovery|ARTICLE 5 - Subpoena Commanding Both Production of Business Records and Attendance and Testimony of the Deponent|Section 2020.510.

2020.510.  (a) A deposition subpoena that commands the attendance and the testimony of the deponent, as well as the production of business records, documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things, shall:(1) Comply with the requirements of Section 2020.310.(2) Designate the business records, documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things to be produced either by specifically describing each individual item or by reasonably particularizing each category of item.(3) Specify any testing or sampling that is being sought.(4) Specify the form in which any electronically stored information is to be produced, if a particular form is desired.(b) A deposition subpoena under subdivision (a) need not be accompanied by an affidavit or declaration showing good cause for the production of the documents and things designated.(c) If, as described in Section 1985.3, the person to whom the deposition subpoena is directed is a witness, and the business records described in the deposition subpoena are personal records pertaining to a consumer, the service of the deposition subpoena shall be accompanied either by a copy of the proof of service of the notice to the consumer described in subdivision (e) of Section 1985.3, or by the consumer’s written authorization to release personal records described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 1985.3.(d) If, as described in Section 1985.6, the person to whom the deposition subpoena is directed is a witness and the business records described in the deposition subpoena are employment records pertaining to an employee, the service of the deposition subpoena shall be accompanied either by a copy of the proof of service of the notice to the employee described in subdivision (e) of Section 1985.6, or by the employee’s written authorization to release personal records described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 1985.6.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 72, Sec. 18. (SB 1574) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 2025.010 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 4 - CIVIL DISCOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Oral Deposition Inside California|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2025.010.

2025.010.  Any party may obtain discovery within the scope delimited by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 2017.010), and subject to the restrictions set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2019.010), by taking in California the oral deposition of any person, including any party to the action. The person deposed may be a natural person, an organization such as a public or private corporation, a partnership, an association, or a governmental agency.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 41. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 2025.210 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 4 - CIVIL DISCOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Oral Deposition Inside California|ARTICLE 2 - Deposition Notice|Section 2025.210.

2025.210.  Subject to Sections 2025.270 and 2025.610, an oral deposition may be taken as follows:(a) The defendant may serve a deposition notice without leave of court at any time after that defendant has been served or has appeared in the action, whichever occurs first.(b) The plaintiff may serve a deposition notice without leave of court on any date that is 20 days after the service of the summons on, or appearance by, any defendant. On motion with or without notice, the court, for good cause shown, may grant to a plaintiff leave to serve a deposition notice on an earlier date.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 182, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 64 of Ch. 182.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 2025.230 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 4 - CIVIL DISCOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Oral Deposition Inside California|ARTICLE 2 - Deposition Notice|Section 2025.230.

2025.230.  If the deponent named is not a natural person, the deposition notice shall describe with reasonable particularity the matters on which examination is requested. In that event, the deponent shall designate and produce at the deposition those of its officers, directors, managing agents, employees, or agents who are most qualified to testify on its behalf as to those matters to the extent of any information known or reasonably available to the deponent.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 182, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 64 of Ch. 182.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 2025.240 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 4 - CIVIL DISCOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Oral Deposition Inside California|ARTICLE 2 - Deposition Notice|Section 2025.240.

2025.240.  (a) The party who prepares a notice of deposition shall give the notice to every other party who has appeared in the action. The deposition notice, or the accompanying proof of service, shall list all the parties or attorneys for parties on whom it is served.(b) If, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1985.3 or subdivision (a) of Section 1985.6, the party giving notice of the deposition is a subpoenaing party, and the deponent is a witness commanded by a deposition subpoena to produce personal records of a consumer or employment records of an employee, the subpoenaing party shall serve on that consumer or employee all of the following:(1) A notice of the deposition.(2) The notice of privacy rights specified in subdivision (e) of Section 1985.3 or in subdivision (e) of Section 1985.6.(3) A copy of the deposition subpoena.(c) If the attendance of the deponent is to be compelled by service of a deposition subpoena under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 2020.010), an identical copy of that subpoena shall be served with the deposition notice.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 113, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 2025.250 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 4 - CIVIL DISCOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Oral Deposition Inside California|ARTICLE 2 - Deposition Notice|Section 2025.250.

2025.250.  (a) Unless the court orders otherwise under Section 2025.260, the deposition of a natural person, whether or not a party to the action, shall be taken at a place that is, at the option of the party giving notice of the deposition, either within 75 miles of the deponent’s residence, or within the county where the action is pending and within 150 miles of the deponent’s residence.(b) The deposition of an organization that is a party to the action shall be taken at a place that is, at the option of the party giving notice of the deposition, either within 75 miles of the organization’s principal executive or business office in California, or within the county where the action is pending and within 150 miles of that office.(c) Unless the organization consents to a more distant place, the deposition of any other organization shall be taken within 75 miles of the organization’s principal executive or business office in California.(d)  If an organization has not designated a principal executive or business office in California, the deposition shall be taken at a place that is, at the option of the party giving notice of the deposition, either within the county where the action is pending, or within 75 miles of any executive or business office in California of the organization.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 294, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 2025.260 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 4 - CIVIL DISCOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Oral Deposition Inside California|ARTICLE 2 - Deposition Notice|Section 2025.260.

2025.260.  (a) A party desiring to take the deposition of a natural person who is a party to the action or an officer, director, managing agent, or employee of a party may make a motion for an order that the deponent attend for deposition at a place that is more distant than that permitted under Section 2025.250. This motion shall be accompanied by a meet and confer declaration under Section 2016.040.(b) In exercising its discretion to grant or deny this motion, the court shall take into consideration any factor tending to show whether the interests of justice will be served by requiring the deponent’s attendance at that more distant place, including, but not limited to, the following:(1) Whether the moving party selected the forum.(2) Whether the deponent will be present to testify at the trial of the action.(3) The convenience of the deponent.(4) The feasibility of conducting the deposition by written questions under Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 2028.010), or of using a discovery method other than a deposition.(5) The number of depositions sought to be taken at a place more distant than that permitted under Section 2025.250.(6) The expense to the parties of requiring the deposition to be taken within the distance permitted under Section 2025.250.(7) The whereabouts of the deponent at the time for which the deposition is scheduled.(c) The order may be conditioned on the advancement by the moving party of the reasonable expenses and costs to the deponent for travel to the place of deposition.(d) The court shall impose a monetary sanction under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 2023.010) against any party, person, or attorney who unsuccessfully makes or opposes a motion to increase the travel limits for a party deponent, unless it finds that the one subject to the sanction acted with substantial justification or that other circumstances make the imposition of the sanction unjust.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 182, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 64 of Ch. 182.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 2025.270 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 4 - CIVIL DISCOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Oral Deposition Inside California|ARTICLE 2 - Deposition Notice|Section 2025.270.

2025.270.  (a) An oral deposition shall be scheduled for a date at least 10 days after service of the deposition notice.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in an unlawful detainer action or other proceeding under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1159) of Title 3 of Part 3, an oral deposition shall be scheduled for a date at least five days after service of the deposition notice, but not later than five days before trial.(c) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), if, as defined in Section 1985.3 or 1985.6, the party giving notice of the deposition is a subpoenaing party, and the deponent is a witness commanded by a deposition subpoena to produce personal records of a consumer or employment records of an employee, the deposition shall be scheduled for a date at least 20 days after issuance of that subpoena.(d) On motion or ex parte application of any party or deponent, for good cause shown, the court may shorten or extend the time for scheduling a deposition, or may stay its taking until the determination of a motion for a protective order under Section 2025.420.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 113, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 2025.280 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 4 - CIVIL DISCOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Oral Deposition Inside California|ARTICLE 2 - Deposition Notice|Section 2025.280.

2025.280.  (a) The service of a deposition notice under Section 2025.240 is effective to require any deponent who is a party to the action or an officer, director, managing agent, or employee of a party to attend and to testify, as well as to produce any document, electronically stored information, or tangible thing for inspection and copying.(b) The attendance and testimony of any other deponent, as well as the production by the deponent of any document, electronically stored information, or tangible thing for inspection and copying, requires the service on the deponent of a deposition subpoena under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 2020.010).(c) A deponent required by notice or subpoena to produce electronically stored information shall provide a means of gaining direct access to, or a translation into a reasonably usable form of, any electronically stored information that is password protected or otherwise inaccessible.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 467, Sec. 2. (AB 2427) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 2025.290 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 4 - CIVIL DISCOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Oral Deposition Inside California|ARTICLE 2 - Deposition Notice|Section 2025.290.

2025.290.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), or by any court order, including a case management order, a deposition examination of the witness by all counsel, other than the witness’ counsel of record, shall be limited to seven hours of total testimony. The court shall allow additional time, beyond any limits imposed by this section, if needed to fairly examine the deponent or if the deponent, another person, or any other circumstance impedes or delays the examination.(b) This section shall not apply under any of the following circumstances:(1) If the parties have stipulated that this section will not apply to a specific deposition or to the entire proceeding.(2) To any deposition of a witness designated as an expert pursuant to Sections 2034.210 to 2034.310, inclusive.(3) To any case designated as complex by the court pursuant to Rule 3.400 of the California Rules of Court, unless a licensed physician attests in a declaration served on the parties that the deponent suffers from an illness or condition that raises substantial medical doubt of survival of the deponent beyond six months, in which case the deposition examination of the witness by all counsel, other than the witness’ counsel of record, shall be limited to two days of no more than seven hours of total testimony each day, or 14 hours of total testimony.(4) To any case brought by an employee or applicant for employment against an employer for acts or omissions arising out of or relating to the employment relationship.(5) To any deposition of a person who is designated as the most qualified person to be deposed under Section 2025.230.(6) To any party who appeared in the action after the deposition has concluded, in which case the new party may notice another deposition subject to the requirements of this section.(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that any exclusions made by this section shall not be construed to create any presumption or any substantive change to existing law relating to the appropriate time limit for depositions falling within the exclusion. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the existing right of any party to move for a protective order or the court’s discretion to make any order that justice requires to limit a deposition in order to protect any party, deponent, or other natural person or organization from unwarranted annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, undue burden, or expense.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 346, Sec. 1. (AB 1875) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 2025.295 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 4 - CIVIL DISCOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Oral Deposition Inside California|ARTICLE 2 - Deposition Notice|Section 2025.295.

2025.295.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 2025.290, in any civil action for injury or illness that results in mesothelioma or silicosis, a deposition examination of the plaintiff by all counsel, other than the plaintiff’s counsel of record, shall be limited to seven hours of total testimony if a licensed physician attests in a declaration served on the parties that the deponent suffers from mesothelioma or silicosis, raising substantial medical doubt of the survival of the deponent beyond six months.(b) Notwithstanding the presumptive time limit in subdivision (a), upon request by a defendant, a court may, in its discretion, grant one of the following up to: (1) An additional three hours of deposition testimony for no more than 10 hours of total deposition conducted by the defendants if there are more than 10 defendants appearing at the deposition.(2) An additional seven hours of deposition testimony for no more than 14 hours of total deposition conducted by the defendants if there are more than 20 defendants appearing at the deposition. (c) The court may grant the additional time provided for in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (b) only if it finds that an extension, in the instant case, is in the interest of fairness, which includes consideration of the number of defendants appearing at the deposition, and determines that the health of the deponent does not appear to be endangered by the grant of additional time.(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 212, Sec. 1. (SB 645) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 2025.310 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 4 - CIVIL DISCOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Oral Deposition Inside California|ARTICLE 3 - Conduct of Deposition|Section 2025.310.

2025.310.  (a) At the election of the deponent or the deposing party, the deposition officer may attend the deposition at a different location than the deponent via remote means. A deponent is not required to be physically present with the deposition officer when being sworn in at the time of the deposition.(b) Subject to Section 2025.420, any party or attorney of record may, but is not required to, be physically present at the deposition at the location of the deponent.(c) The procedures to implement this section shall be established by court order in the specific action or proceeding or by the California Rules of Court.(d) An exercise of the authority granted by subdivision (a) or (b) does not waive any other provision of this title, including, but not limited to, provisions regarding the time, place, or manner in which a deposition shall be conducted.(e) This section does not alter or amend who may lawfully serve as a deposition officer pursuant to this title or who otherwise may administer oaths pursuant to Sections 2093 and 2094 of this code or Section 8201 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 112, Sec. 3. (SB 1146) Effective September 18, 2020.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 2025.320 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 4 - CIVIL DISCOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Oral Deposition Inside California|ARTICLE 3 - Conduct of Deposition|Section 2025.320.

2025.320.  Except as provided in Section 2020.420, the deposition shall be conducted under the supervision of an officer who is authorized to administer an oath and is subject to all of the following requirements:(a) The officer shall not be financially interested in the action and shall not be a relative or employee of any attorney of the parties, or of any of the parties.(b) Services and products offered or provided by the deposition officer or the entity providing the services of the deposition officer to any party or to any party’s attorney or third party who is financing all or part of the action shall be offered to all parties or their attorneys attending the deposition. No service or product may be offered or provided by the deposition officer or by the entity providing the services of the deposition officer to any party or any party’s attorney or third party who is financing all or part of the action unless the service or product is offered or provided to all parties or their attorneys attending the deposition. All services and products offered or provided shall be made available at the same time to all parties or their attorneys.(c) The deposition officer or the entity providing the services of the deposition officer shall not provide to any party or any party’s attorney or third party who is financing all or part of the action any service or product consisting of the deposition officer’s notations or comments regarding the demeanor of any witness, attorney, or party present at the deposition. The deposition officer or entity providing the services of the deposition officer shall not collect any personal identifying information about the witness as a service or product to be provided to any party or third party who is financing all or part of the action.(d) Upon the request of any party or any party’s attorney attending a deposition, any party or any party’s attorney attending the deposition shall enter in the record of the deposition all services and products made available to that party or party’s attorney or third party who is financing all or part of the action by the deposition officer or by the entity providing the services of the deposition officer. A party in the action who is not represented by an attorney shall be informed by the noticing party or the party’s attorney that the unrepresented party may request this statement.(e) Any objection to the qualifications of the deposition officer is waived unless made before the deposition begins or as soon thereafter as the ground for that objection becomes known or could be discovered by reasonable diligence.(f) Violation of this section by any person may result in a civil penalty of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 182, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 64 of Ch. 182.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 2025.330 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|TITLE 4 - CIVIL DISCOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Oral Deposition Inside California|ARTICLE 3 - Conduct of Deposition|Section 2025.330.

2025.330.  (a) The deposition officer shall put the deponent under oath or affirmation.(b) Unless the parties agree or the court orders otherwise, the testimony, as well as any stated objections, shall be taken stenographically. If taken stenographically, it shall be by a person certified pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 8020) of Chapter 13 of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.(c) The party noticing the deposition may also record the testimony by audio or video technology if the notice of deposition stated an intention also to record the testimony by either of those methods, or if all the parties agree that the testimony may also be recorded by either of those methods. Any other party, at that party’s expense, may make an audio or video record of the deposition, provided that the other party promptly, and in no event less than three calendar days before the date for which the deposition is scheduled, serves a written notice of this intention to make an audio or video record of the deposition testimony on the party or attorney who noticed the deposition, on all other parties or attorneys on whom the deposition notice was served under Section 2025.240, and on any deponent whose attendance is being compelled by a deposition subpoena under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 2020.010). If this notice is given three calendar days before the deposition date, it shall be made by personal service under Section 1011.(d) Examination and cross-examination of the deponent shall proceed as permitted at trial under the provisions of the Evidence Code.(e) In lieu of participating in the oral examination, parties may transmit written questions in a sealed envelope to the party taking the deposition for delivery to the deposition officer, who shall unseal the envelope and propound them to the deponent after the oral examination has been completed.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 294, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2006.)