Title 4: Civil Discovery Act | Chapter 16: Requests for Admission | Article 1: Requests For Admission
California Code of Civil Procedure – 2026
§ 2033.010
Any party may obtain discovery within the scope delimited by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 2017.
§ 2033.020
(a) A defendant may make requests for admission by a party without leave of court at any time.
§ 2033.030
(a) No party shall request, as a matter of right, that any other party admit more than 35 matters that do not relate to the genuineness of documents.
§ 2033.040
(a) Subject to the right of the responding party to seek a protective order under Section 2033.
§ 2033.050
Any party who is requesting or who has already requested more than 35 admissions not relating to the genuineness of documents by any other party shall…
§ 2033.060
(a) A party requesting admissions shall number each set of requests consecutively.
§ 2033.070
The party requesting admissions shall serve a copy of them on the party to whom they are directed and on all other parties who have appeared in the ac…
§ 2033.080
(a) When requests for admission have been made, the responding party may promptly move for a protective order.