§ 2034.010.Application to eminent domain proceedings

This section is the threshold provision for the chapter governing how parties exchange information about the experts they plan to call at trial. Rather than opening with an affirmative grant of discovery rights, it starts by carving out a whole category of cases the chapter does not reach: eminent domain proceedings.

Eminent domain cases already have their own dedicated statute for exchanging expert witness lists and valuation data, found in Chapter 7 of Title 7 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure. That specialized scheme addresses the particular concerns of condemnation litigation, where the central dispute usually comes down to competing valuation opinions. This section prevents any overlap by making clear that the general expert-exchange chapter that follows, Section 2034.210 and beyond, has no application once a case falls under that eminent domain framework.