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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Lackey</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 2025.550 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil actions. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Civil discovery: oral depositions: transcriptions.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>The Civil Discovery Act authorizes a party to obtain discovery by taking the oral deposition of any person. Oral depositions must be conducted under the supervision of a deposition officer, as specified, and, unless otherwise agreed or ordered, the testimony must be taken stenographically and then transcribed. The act provides procedures for the deponent to read, correct, approve, and sign the original deposition transcript and requires the deposition officer to certify and promptly transmit the transcript to the attorney of the party who noticed the deposition in a securely sealed envelope or package.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would permit the deposition officer to instead transmit a certified deposition transcript to the attorney of the party who noticed the deposition via
secure electronic means, when requested by that attorney.</html:p>
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(a)
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The certified transcript of a deposition shall not be filed with the court. Instead, the deposition officer shall securely seal that transcript in an envelope or package endorsed with the title of the action and marked: “Deposition of (here insert name of deponent),” and shall promptly transmit it to the attorney for the party who noticed the deposition. Upon request of the attorney for the party who noticed the deposition, the deposition officer may instead securely transmit the transcript electronically to that attorney. This attorney shall store
the transcript
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(b)
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The attorney to whom the transcript of a deposition is transmitted shall retain custody of it until six months after final disposition of the action. At that time, the transcript may be destroyed, unless the court, on motion of any party and for good cause shown, orders that the transcript be preserved for a longer period.
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