Code Civ. Proc., § 596 · Chapter 3. Issues—The Mode of Trial and Postponements
Code Civ. Proc., § 596
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The party obtaining a postponement of a trial, if required by the adverse party, must consent that the testimony of any witness of such adverse party, who is in attendance, be then taken by deposition before a judge or clerk of the court in which the case is pending, or before such notary public as the court may indicate, which must accordingly be done; and the testimony so taken may be read on the trial, with the same effect, and subject to the same objections, as if the witnesses were produced.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1737.
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