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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.310

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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 remote means. A deponent is not required to be physically present with the deposition officer when being sworn in at the time

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.320

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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 subject to all of the following requirements: (a) The officer shall not be financially interested in the action and shall n

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.330

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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 as any stated objections, shall be taken stenographically. If taken stenographically, it shall be by a person certified

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.340

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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) The area used for recording the deponent’s oral testimony shall be suitably large, adequately lighted, and reasonably quie

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.410

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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 that party promptly serves a written objection specifying that error or irregularity at least three calendar days prior to

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.420

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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 order. The motion shall be accompanied by a meet and confer declaration under Section 2016.040. (b) The court, for good caus

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.430

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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 Section 2023.010) against that party, or the attorney for that party, or both, and in favor of any party attending in person

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.440

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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 shall impose a monetary sanction under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 2023.010) against that party, or the attorney f

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.450

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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 an organization that is a party under Section 2025.230, without having served a valid objection under Section 2025.410, f

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.460

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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 Section 2018.010) is waived unless a specific objection to its disclosure is timely made during the deposition. (b) Errors

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.470

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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, including the deponent, demands that the deposition officer suspend taking the testimony to enable that party or deponent to mo

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.480

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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 that is specified in the deposition notice or a deposition subpoena, the party seeking discovery may move the court for an

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.510

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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 deposition shall bear the cost of the transcription, unless the court, on motion and for good cause shown, orders that the cost be

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.520

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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 deposition when the original transcript of the testimony for each session of the deposition is available for reading, co

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.530

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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 the deposition that the audio or video recording made by, or at the direction of, any party, is available for review, unl

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.540

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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 described in Section 2025.530, that the deponent was duly sworn and that the transcript or recording is a true record of

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.550

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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 envelope or package endorsed with the title of the action and marked: “Deposition of (here insert name of deponent),” and shal

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.560

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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 qualified under subdivisions (b) to (f), inclusive, of Section 2025.340, shall not be filed with the court. Instead, the operato

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.570

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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 made by, or at the direction of, any party, or an audio or video recording of the deposition testimony, if still in the

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.610

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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 has been served with a deposition notice pursuant to Section 2025.240 may take a subsequent deposition of that deponent.

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2025.620

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 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 the deposition, or who had due notice of the deposition and did not serve a valid objection under Section 2025.410, so fa

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2026.010

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2026.010

(a) Any party may obtain discovery by taking an oral deposition, as described in Section 2025.010, in another state of the United States, or in a territory or an insular possession subject to its jurisdiction. Except as modified in this section, the procedures for taking oral dep

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2027.010

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2027.010

(a) Any party may obtain discovery by taking an oral deposition, as described in Section 2025.010, in a foreign nation. Except as modified in this section, the procedures for taking oral depositions in California set forth in Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 2025.010) apply to

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2028.010

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2028.010

Any party may obtain discovery by taking a deposition by written questions instead of by oral examination. Except as modified in this chapter, the procedures for taking oral depositions set forth in Chapters 9 (commencing with Section 2025.010) and 10 (commencing with Section 202

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2028.020

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 2028.020

The notice of a written deposition shall comply with Sections 2025.220 and 2025.230, and with subdivision (c) of Section 2020.240, except as follows: (a) The name or descriptive title, as well as the address, of the deposition officer shall be stated. (b) The date, time, and plac