California Code of Civil Procedure 2025.250 – (a) Unless the court orders otherwise under Section 2025.260, …
(a) Unless the court orders otherwise under Section 2025.260, the deposition of a natural person, whether or not a party to the action, shall be taken at a place that is, at the option of the party giving notice of the deposition, either within 75 miles of the deponent’s residence, or within the county where the action is pending and within 150 miles of the deponent’s residence.
(b) The deposition of an organization that is a party to the action shall be taken at a place that is, at the option of the party giving notice of the deposition, either within 75 miles of the organization’s principal executive or business office in California, or within the county where the action is pending and within 150 miles of that office.
Terms Used In California Code of Civil Procedure 2025.250
- Action: includes a civil action and a special proceeding of a civil nature. See California Code of Civil Procedure 2016.020
- County: includes "city and county. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
- Court: means the trial court in which the action is pending, unless otherwise specified. See California Code of Civil Procedure 2016.020
- Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
- Person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
(c) Unless the organization consents to a more distant place, the deposition of any other organization shall be taken within 75 miles of the organization’s principal executive or business office in California.
(d) If an organization has not designated a principal executive or business office in California, the deposition shall be taken at a place that is, at the option of the party giving notice of the deposition, either within the county where the action is pending, or within 75 miles of any executive or business office in California of the organization.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 294, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2006.)