California Code of Civil Procedure 2031.250 – (a) The party to whom the demand for inspection, copying, …
(a) The party to whom the demand for inspection, copying, testing, or sampling is directed shall sign the response under oath unless the response contains only objections.
(b) If that party is a public or private corporation or a partnership or association or governmental agency, one of its officers or agents shall sign the response under oath on behalf of that party. If the officer or agent signing the response on behalf of that party is an attorney acting in that capacity for a party, that party waives any lawyer-client privilege and any protection for work product under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 2018.010) during any subsequent discovery from that attorney concerning the identity of the sources of the information contained in the response.
Terms Used In California Code of Civil Procedure 2031.250
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Oath: includes an affirmation or declaration. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
(c) The attorney for the responding party shall sign any responses that contain an objection.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 5, Sec. 14. Effective June 29, 2009.)