§ 2033.710.Interrogatories and requests for admission of the

This section opens the chapter that gives interrogatories and requests for admission their most familiar shape: standardized statewide forms. Rather than leaving every attorney to draft the same basic questions from scratch, the Legislature assigns the Judicial Council the job of developing and approving official forms that lawyers across California can rely on, and that opposing parties and judges recognize on sight.

The section names several categories of civil action where these forms matter most: personal injury, property damage, wrongful death, unlawful detainer, breach of contract, family law, and fraud. These are the case types where the same ground gets covered again and again, so a standardized form saves everyone the trouble of reinventing it case after case. The list stays open, though. The Judicial Council can also develop forms for any other kind of civil action it decides deserves one, without needing further legislation to add a new category.