California § 2031.280. 2031.280. (Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 208, Sec. 1.)

California Statutes

§ 2031.280. — 2031.280. (Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 208, Sec. 1.)

California § 2031.280.

Code CCPCode of Civil Procedure - CCP

Title4.

Part 4.TITLE 4. CIVIL DISCOVERY ACT

Ch. 14.CHAPTER 14. Inspection, Copying, Testing, Sampling, and Production of Documents, Electronically Stored Information, Tangible Things, Land, and Other Property

Art. 2.ARTICLE 2. Response to Inspection Demand

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Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP Code § 2031.280. (2026).

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(a)Any documents or category of documents produced in response to a demand for inspection, copying, testing, or sampling shall be identified with the specific request number to which the documents respond.

(b)The documents shall be produced on the date specified in the demand pursuant to paragraph

(2)of subdivision (c) of Section 2031.030, unless an objection has been made to that date. If the date for inspection has been extended pursuant to Section 2031.270, the documents shall be produced on the date agreed to pursuant to that section.

(c)If a party responding to a demand for production of electronically stored information objects to a specified form for producing the information, or if no form is specified in the demand, the responding party shall state in its response the fo

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(a)
Any documents or category of documents produced in response to a demand for inspection, copying, testing, or sampling shall be identified with the specific request number to which the documents respond.
(b)
The documents shall be produced on the date specified in the demand pursuant to paragraph
(2) of subdivision (c) of Section 2031.030, unless an objection has been made to that date. If the date for inspection has been extended pursuant to Section 2031.270, the documents shall be produced on the date agreed to pursuant to that section.
(c)
If a party responding to a demand for production of electronically stored information objects to a specified form for producing the information, or if no form is specified in the demand, the responding party shall state in its response the form in which it intends to produce each type of information.
(d)
Unless the parties otherwise agree or the court otherwise orders, the following shall apply:
(1)
If a demand for production does not specify a form or forms for producing
a type of electronically stored information, the responding party shall produce the information in the form or forms in which it is ordinarily maintained or in a form that is reasonably usable.
(2)
A party need not produce the same electronically stored information in more than one form.
(e)
If necessary, the responding party at the reasonable expense of the demanding party shall, through detection devices, translate any data compilations included in the demand into reasonably usable form.