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CHAPTER 6. Nonparty Discovery [2020.010. - 2020.510.]

Chapter 6 added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 182, Sec. 23.

§§ 2020.010–2020.510 · 13 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 2020.010–2020.030 · 3 sections
    • § 2020.010 (a) Any of the following methods may be used to obtain discovery within the state from a person who is not a party to the action in which the discovery is…
    • § 2020.020 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…
    • § 2020.030 Except as modified in this chapter, the provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1985) of Title 3 of Part 4 of this code, and of Article 4 (commencing…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Procedures Applicable to All Types of Deposition Subpoenas §§ 2020.210–2020.240 · 4 sections
    • § 2020.210 (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…
    • § 2020.220 (a) Subject to subdivision (c) of Section 2020.410, service of a deposition subpoena shall be effected a sufficient time in advance of the deposition to…
    • § 2020.230 (a) If a deposition subpoena requires the personal attendance of the deponent, under Article 3 (commencing with Section 2020.310) or Article 5 (commencing with…
    • § 2020.240 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…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Subpoena Commanding Only Attendance and Testimony of the Deponent § 2020.310 · 1 section
    • § 2020.310 The following rules apply to a deposition subpoena that commands only the attendance and the testimony of the deponent: (a) The subpoena shall specify the time…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Subpoena Commanding Only Production of Business Records for Copying §§ 2020.410–2020.440 · 4 sections
    • § 2020.410 (a) A deposition subpoena that commands only the production of business records for copying shall designate the business records to be produced either by…
    • § 2020.420 The officer for a deposition seeking discovery only of business records for copying under this article shall be a professional photocopier registered under…
    • § 2020.430 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), if a deposition subpoena commands only the production of business records for copying, the custodian of the records…
    • § 2020.440 Promptly on or after the deposition date and after the receipt or the making of a copy of business records under this article, the deposition officer shall…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Subpoena Commanding Both Production of Business Records and Attendance and Testimony of the Deponent § 2020.510 · 1 section
    • § 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,…