The party taking a written deposition shall deliver to the officer designated in the deposition notice a copy of that notice and of all questions served under Section 2028.030. The deposition officer shall proceed promptly to propound the questions and to take and record the testimony of the deponent in response to the questions.
§ 2028.080.Delivery of copy of notice and questions to officer; duties of officer
Title 4. Civil Discovery Act · Chapter 11. Deposition by Written Questions · Enacted 2004 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 29, 2026
In one sentenceSection 2028.080 requires the party taking a written deposition to deliver the notice and all served questions to the designated deposition officer, who must then promptly propound the questions to the deponent and record the answers.
Full Text of § 2028.080
Plain-English Summary
After the direct, cross, redirect, and recross questions have all been served, someone still has to hand everything to the person who runs the deposition. This section makes that the responsibility of the party who took the deposition: that party delivers to the deposition officer named in the notice a copy of the notice itself and of every question served under the sequential exchange process.
Once the deposition officer has that package in hand, the section requires prompt action. The officer proceeds without delay to ask the deponent the questions in order and to take down and record the testimony given in response, closing out the process the earlier sections set in motion.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who delivers the notice and questions to the deposition officer in a written deposition?
The party who took the deposition delivers a copy of the notice and all questions served under Section 2028.030.
What must the deposition officer do once the notice and questions are delivered?
Proceed promptly to propound the questions to the deponent and take and record the testimony given in response.
Does the deposition officer decide which questions to ask?
No. The officer works from the questions already served by the parties in the sequence Section 2028.030 sets out.
Amendment History
(Added by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 23, operative July 1, 2005.)
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
the West's Annotated California Codes / Thomson Reuters. Enacted by the California Legislature.
Last verified July 29, 2026.
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Also known as: delivering questions to deposition officerwritten deposition final procedure