{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"2025.010","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 2025.010","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 9. Oral Deposition Inside California [2025.010. - 2025.620.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4/title-4/chapter-9"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [2025.010. - 2025.010.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4/title-4/chapter-9/article-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 41.   (SB 1171)   Effective January 1, 2017.","effective":"2017-01-01","html":"<p>Any party may obtain discovery within the scope delimited by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/ccp/2017.010\">2017.010</a>), and subject to the restrictions set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/ccp/2019.010\">2019.010</a>), 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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/general-provisions-2025-010","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}