California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 2025.420

CCP § 2025.420 Effective Jan 1, 2013Title 4 · Part 4 · Ch. 9 · Art. 4

Statute text

(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 cause shown, may make any order that justice requires to protect any party, deponent, or other natural person or organization from unwarranted annoyance, embarrassment, or oppression, or undue burden and expense. This protective order may include, but is not limited to, one or more of the following directions:

(1)That the deposition not be taken at all.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 72, Sec. 23. (SB 1574) Effective January 1, 2013.