{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"2020.210","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 2020.210","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 2. Procedures Applicable to All Types of Deposition Subpoenas [2020.210. - 2020.240.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4/title-4/chapter-6/article-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 182, Sec. 23.   Effective January 1, 2005.   Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 64 of Ch. 182.","effective":"2005-01-01","html":"<p>(a) The clerk of the court in which the action is pending shall issue a deposition subpoena signed and sealed, but otherwise in blank, to a party requesting it, who shall fill it in before service.</p><p>(b) Instead of a court-issued deposition subpoena, an attorney of record for any party may sign and issue a deposition subpoena. A deposition subpoena issued under this subdivision need not be sealed. A copy may be served on the nonparty, and the attorney may retain the original.</p>","text":"(a) The clerk of the court in which the action is pending shall issue a deposition subpoena signed and sealed, but otherwise in blank, to a party requesting it, who shall fill it in before service. (b) Instead of a court-issued deposition subpoena, an attorney of record for any party may sign and issue a deposition subpoena. A deposition subpoena issued under this subdivision need not be sealed. A copy may be served on the nonparty, and the attorney may retain the original.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/procedures-applicable-to-all-types-of-deposition-subpoenas-2020-210","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}