CHAPTER 9. Oral Deposition Inside California [2025.010. - 2025.620.]
Chapter 9 added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 182, Sec. 23.
§§ 2025.010–2025.620 · 32 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions § 2025.010 · 1 section
- § 2025.010 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…
ARTICLE 2. Deposition Notice §§ 2025.210–2025.295 · 10 sections
- § 2025.210 Subject to Sections 2025.270 and 2025.610, an oral deposition may be taken as follows: (a) The defendant may serve a deposition notice without leave of court…
- § 2025.220 (a) A party desiring to take the oral deposition of any person shall give notice in writing. The deposition notice shall state all of the following, in at…
- § 2025.230 If the deponent named is not a natural person, the deposition notice shall describe with reasonable particularity the matters on which examination is…
- § 2025.240 (a) The party who prepares a notice of deposition shall give the notice to every other party who has appeared in the action. The deposition notice, or the…
- § 2025.250 (a) Unless the court orders otherwise under Section 2025.260, the deposition of a natural person, whether or not a party to the action, shall be taken at a…
- § 2025.260 (a) A party desiring to take the deposition of a natural person who is a party to the action or an officer, director, managing agent, or employee of a party…
- § 2025.270 (a) An oral deposition shall be scheduled for a date at least 10 days after service of the deposition notice. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in an…
- § 2025.280 (a) The service of a deposition notice under Section 2025.240 is effective to require any deponent who is a party to the action or an officer, director,…
- § 2025.290 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), or by any court order, including a case management order, a deposition examination of the witness by all counsel,…
- § 2025.295 (a) Notwithstanding Section 2025.290, in any civil action for injury or illness that results in mesothelioma or silicosis, a deposition examination of the…
ARTICLE 3. Conduct of Deposition §§ 2025.310–2025.340 · 4 sections
- § 2025.310 (a) At the election of the deponent or the deposing party, the deposition officer may attend the deposition at a different location than the deponent via…
- § 2025.320 Except as provided in Section 2020.420, the deposition shall be conducted under the supervision of an officer who is authorized to administer an oath and is…
- § 2025.330 (a) The deposition officer shall put the deponent under oath or affirmation. (b) Unless the parties agree or the court orders otherwise, the testimony, as well…
- § 2025.340 If a deposition is being recorded by means of audio or video technology by, or at the direction of, any party, the following procedure shall be observed: (a)…
ARTICLE 4. Objections, Sanctions, Protective Orders, Motions to Compel, and Suspension of Depositions §§ 2025.410–2025.480 · 8 sections
- § 2025.410 (a) Any party served with a deposition notice that does not comply with Article 2 (commencing with Section 2025.210) waives any error or irregularity unless…
- § 2025.420 (a) Before, during, or after a deposition, any party, any deponent, or any other affected natural person or organization may promptly move for a protective…
- § 2025.430 If the party giving notice of a deposition fails to attend or proceed with it, the court shall impose a monetary sanction under Chapter 7 (commencing with…
- § 2025.440 (a) If a deponent does not appear for a deposition because the party giving notice of the deposition failed to serve a required deposition subpoena, the court…
- § 2025.450 (a) If, after service of a deposition notice, a party to the action or an officer, director, managing agent, or employee of a party, or a person designated by…
- § 2025.460 (a) The protection of information from discovery on the ground that it is privileged or that it is a protected work product under Chapter 4 (commencing with…
- § 2025.470 The deposition officer may not suspend the taking of testimony without the stipulation of all parties present unless any party attending the deposition,…
- § 2025.480 (a) If a deponent fails to answer any question or to produce any document, electronically stored information, or tangible thing under the deponent’s control…
ARTICLE 5. Transcript or Recording §§ 2025.510–2025.570 · 7 sections
- § 2025.510 (a) Unless the parties agree otherwise, the testimony at a deposition recorded by stenographic means shall be transcribed. (b) The party noticing the…
- § 2025.520 (a) If the deposition testimony is stenographically recorded, the deposition officer shall send written notice to the deponent and to all parties attending the…
- § 2025.530 (a) If there is no stenographic transcription of the deposition, the deposition officer shall send written notice to the deponent and to all parties attending…
- § 2025.540 (a) The deposition officer shall certify on the transcript of the deposition, or in a writing accompanying an audio or video record of deposition testimony, as…
- § 2025.550 (a) The certified transcript of a deposition shall not be filed with the court. Instead, the deposition officer shall securely seal that transcript in an…
- § 2025.560 (a) An audio or video recording of deposition testimony made by, or at the direction of, any party, including a certified recording made by an operator…
- § 2025.570 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 2025.320, unless the court issues an order to the contrary, a copy of the transcript of the deposition testimony…
ARTICLE 6. Post-Deposition Procedures §§ 2025.610–2025.620 · 2 sections
- § 2025.610 (a) Once any party has taken the deposition of any natural person, including that of a party to the action, neither the party who gave, nor any other party who…
- § 2025.620 At the trial or any other hearing in the action, any part or all of a deposition may be used against any party who was present or represented at the taking of…