SECTIONS 2020.510 - California Statutes

CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

SECTION 2020.510

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, and tangible things, shall:
(1) Comply with the requirements of Section 2020.310.
(2) Designate the business records, documents, and tangible things
to be produced either by specifically describing each individual
item or by reasonably particularizing each category of item.
(3) Specify any testing or sampling that is being sought.
(b) A deposition subpoena under subdivision (a) need not be
accompanied by an affidavit or declaration showing good cause for the
production of the documents and things designated.
(c) If, as described in Section 1985.3, the person to whom the
deposition subpoena is directed is a witness, and the business
records described in the deposition subpoena are personal records
pertaining to a consumer, the service of the deposition subpoena
shall be accompanied either by a copy of the proof of service of the
notice to the consumer described in subdivision (e) of Section
1985.3, or by the consumer's written authorization to release
personal records described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of
Section 1985.3.
(d) If, as described in Section 1985.6, the person to whom the
deposition subpoena is directed is a witness and the business records
described in the deposition subpoena are employment records
pertaining to an employee, the service of the deposition subpoena
shall be accompanied either by a copy of the proof of service of the
notice to the employee described in subdivision (e) of Section
1985.6, or by the employee's written authorization to release
personal records described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of
Section 1985.6.