Title 4: Civil Discovery Act | Chapter 5: Methods and Sequence of Discovery | Article 1: General Provisions
California Code of Civil Procedure – 2026
§ 2019.010
Any party may obtain discovery by one or more of the following methods: (a) Oral and written depositions. (b) Interrogatories to a party.
§ 2019.020
(a) Except as otherwise provided by a rule of the Judicial Council, a local court rule, or a local uniform written policy, the methods of discovery ma…
§ 2019.030
(a) The court shall restrict the frequency or extent of use of a discovery method provided in Section 2019.
§ 2019.040
(a) When any method of discovery permits the production, inspection, copying, testing, or sampling of documents or tangible things, that method shall …