{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"2020.020","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 2020.020","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS [1855. - 2107.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 4. CIVIL DISCOVERY ACT [2016.010. - 2036.050.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4/title-4"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6. Nonparty Discovery [2020.010. - 2020.510.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4/title-4/chapter-6"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [2020.010. - 2020.030.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4/title-4/chapter-6/article-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 72, Sec. 15.   (SB 1574)   Effective January 1, 2013.","effective":"2013-01-01","html":"<p>A deposition subpoena may command any of the following:</p><p>(a) Only the attendance and the testimony of the deponent, under Article 3 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/ccp/2020.310\">2020.310</a>).</p><p>(b) Only the production of business records for copying, under Article 4 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/ccp/2020.410\">2020.410</a>).</p><p>(c) The attendance and the testimony of the deponent, as well as the production of business records, other documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things, under Article 5 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/ccp/2020.510\">2020.510</a>).</p>","text":"A deposition subpoena may command any of the following: (a) Only the attendance and the testimony of the deponent, under Article 3 (commencing with Section 2020.310). (b) Only the production of business records for copying, under Article 4 (commencing with Section 2020.410). (c) The attendance and the testimony of the deponent, as well as the production of business records, other documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things, under Article 5 (commencing with Section 2020.510).","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/general-provisions-2020-020","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}