{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"2020.240","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 2020.240","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 deponent who disobeys a deposition subpoena in any manner described in subdivision (c) of Section <a href=\"/ccp/2020.220\">2020.220</a> may be punished for contempt under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/ccp/2023.010\">2023.010</a>) without the necessity of a prior order of court directing compliance by the witness. The deponent is also subject to the forfeiture and the payment of damages set forth in Section <a href=\"/ccp/1992\">1992</a>.</p>","text":"A deponent who disobeys a deposition subpoena in any manner described in subdivision (c) of Section 2020.220 may be punished for contempt under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 2023.010) without the necessity of a prior order of court directing compliance by the witness. The deponent is also subject to the forfeiture and the payment of damages set forth in Section 1992.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/procedures-applicable-to-all-types-of-deposition-subpoenas-2020-240","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}