CHAPTER 2. Means of Production
Chapter 2 enacted 1872.
§§ 1985–1997 · 31 sections
- § 1985 (a) The process by which the attendance of a witness is required is the subpoena. It is a writ or order directed to a person and requiring the person’s…
- § 1985.1 Any person who is subpoenaed to appear at a session of court, or at the trial of an issue therein, may, in lieu of appearance at the time specified in the…
- § 1985.2 Any subpoena which requires the attendance of a witness at any civil trial shall contain the following notice in a type face designed to call attention to the…
- § 1985.3 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Personal records” means the original, any copy of books, documents, other writings, or…
- § 1985.4 The procedures set forth in Section 1985.3 are applicable to a subpoena duces tecum for records containing “personal information,” as defined in Section 1798.3…
- § 1985.5 If a subpena requires the attendance of a witness before an officer or commissioner out of court, it shall, for a refusal to be sworn, or to answer as a…
- § 1985.6 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Deposition officer” means a person who meets the qualifications…
- § 1985.7 When a medical provider fails to comply with Section 1158 of the Evidence Code, in addition to any other available remedy, the demanding party may apply to the…
- § 1985.8 (a) (1) A subpoena in a civil proceeding may require that electronically stored information, as defined in Section 2016.020, be produced and that the party…
- § 1986 A subpoena is obtainable as follows: (a) To require attendance before a court, or at the trial of an issue therein, or upon the taking of a deposition in an…
- § 1986.1 (a) No testimony or other evidence given by a journalist under subpoena in a civil or criminal proceeding may be construed as a waiver of the immunity rights…
- § 1986.5 Any person who is subpoenaed and required to give a deposition shall be entitled to receive the same witness fees and mileage as if the subpoena required him…
- § 1987 (a) Except as provided in Sections 68097.1 to 68097.8, inclusive, of the Government Code, the service of a subpoena is made by delivering a copy, or a ticket…
- § 1987.1 (a) If a subpoena requires the attendance of a witness or the production of books, documents, electronically stored information, or other things before a…
- § 1987.2 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (c), in making an order pursuant to motion made under subdivision (c) of Section 1987 or under Section 1987.1, the court…
- § 1987.3 When a subpoena duces tecum is served upon a custodian of records or other qualified witness as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 1560) of Chapter…
- § 1987.5 The service of a subpoena duces tecum is invalid unless at the time of such service a copy of the affidavit upon which the subpoena is based is served on the…
- § 1988 If a witness is concealed in a building or vessel, so as to prevent the service of subpoena upon him, any Court or Judge, or any officer issuing the subpoena,…
- § 1989 A witness, including a witness specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1987, is not obliged to attend as a witness before any court, judge, justice or any…
- § 1990 A person present in Court, or before a judicial officer, may be required to testify in the same manner as if he were in attendance upon a subpoena issued by…
- § 1991 Disobedience to a subpoena, or a refusal to be sworn, or to answer as a witness, or to subscribe an affidavit or deposition when required, may be punished as a…
- § 1991.1 Disobedience to a subpoena requiring attendance of a witness before an officer out of court in a deposition taken pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section…
- § 1991.2 The provisions of Section 1991 do not apply to any act or omission occurring in a deposition taken pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 2016.010). The…
- § 1992 A person failing to appear pursuant to a subpoena or a court order also forfeits to the party aggrieved the sum of five hundred dollars ($500), and all damages…
- § 1993 (a) (1) As an alternative to issuing a warrant for contempt pursuant to paragraph (5) or (9) of subdivision (a) of Section 1209, the court may issue a warrant…
- § 1993.1 (a) If authorized by the court as provided by paragraph (11) of subdivision (b) of Section 1993, the sheriff may release the person arrested upon his or her…
- § 1993.2 If a person arrested on a civil bench warrant issued pursuant to Section 1993 fails to appear after being released on a promise to appear, the court may issue…
- § 1994 Every warrant of commitment, issued by a court or officer pursuant to this chapter, shall specify therein, particularly, the cause of the commitment, and if it…
- § 1995 If the witness be a prisoner, confined in a jail within this state, an order for his examination in the jail upon deposition, or for his temporary removal and…
- § 1996 Such order can only be made on the motion of a party, upon affidavit showing the nature of the action or proceeding, the testimony expected from the witness,…
- § 1997 If the witness be imprisoned in a jail in the county where the action or proceeding is pending, his production may be required. In all other cases his…