California Code of Civil Procedure CHAPTER 2 - Means of Production

• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 electronically stored information pertaining...
• Section 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 of...
• Section 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,...
• Section 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 specified in Section 2020.420.(2) “Employee” means...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 serving the...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 court, or...
• Section 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...
• Section 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)...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018