Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1346 · Article 4. Discovery Motions
Service of motion papers on nonparty deponent
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
A written notice and all moving papers supporting a motion to compel an answer to a deposition question or to compel production of a document or tangible thing from a nonparty deponent must be personally served on the nonparty deponent unless the nonparty deponent agrees to accept service by mail or electronic service at an address or electronic service address specified on the deposition record.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 3.1346 amended effective January 1, 2016; adopted as rule 337 effective January 1, 1984; previously amended effective July 1, 1987; previously amended and renumbered as rule 3.1025 effective January 1, 2007; previously renumbered as rule 3.1346 effective January 1, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1346
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