§ 2025.560.Audio or video recording of deposition testimony; custody and storage by operator;

This section mirrors the transcript-custody rules in Section 2025.550, but for depositions preserved on audio or video instead of, or alongside, a stenographic record. Rather than being filed with the court, the recording stays with the operator who made it, who has to store it in a way that protects against loss, destruction, or tampering and preserves, as far as practicable, the quality of the recording and the integrity of what it shows and captures.

Access is not limited to the parties who attended. At the request of any party to the action, including one who missed the deposition, or at the deponent's own request, the operator has to let that person hear or view the recording for a reasonable charge covering the facilities used, and has to furnish an actual copy on payment of the reasonable cost of making it.

Custody obligations run for a defined stretch of time: the attorney or operator holding the recording must keep it until six months after the action's final disposition, at which point it may be destroyed or erased, unless a court, on a party's motion and for good cause, orders it preserved longer.