§ 2033.260.Extension of time to response; agreement of parties; notice

Rather than forcing every extension of the response deadline through a court motion, this section lets the parties handle it themselves by agreement. The requesting party and the responding party can agree to push the deadline for a response, to an entire set of requests for admission or just to particular ones within it, beyond the date Section 2033.250 would otherwise require.

The negotiation behind that agreement does not have to be formal, but the agreement itself has to end up confirmed in writing that specifies the new, extended date. That writing requirement avoids later disputes over whether an extension was granted at all, or how long it ran. Unless the agreement expressly says otherwise, agreeing to a later date does not narrow the responding party's options: it still preserves the right to respond in any manner Sections 2033.210, 2033.220, and 2033.230 would normally allow, whether that means admitting, denying, or objecting. And the responding party has to give notice of the agreement to every other party who was served with a copy of the original requests, so nobody else in the case is left unaware that the deadline has moved.