Art. 1441.Production of Documents and Things
Book II. Ordinary Proceedings · Title III. Production of Evidence · Chapter 3. Discovery · Enacted 1976 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 30, 2026
Full Text of Art. 1441
Amendment History
Acts 1976, No. 574, §1.
Plain-English Summary
When the witness being deposed is a party to the case, Article 1441 saves a step. Instead of sending a separate document request and waiting out its own response period, the party taking the deposition can fold a document request into the deposition notice itself, asking the party-deponent to bring specified documents and tangible things to the deposition.
The mechanics of that request are not reinvented here. Article 1441 plugs the deposition notice into the existing document production framework, so the same rules that govern an ordinary request for production — what must be described, how objections work, how the request gets answered — apply just as they would if the request had been sent on its own.
Because this shortcut depends on the witness being a party, it does not reach non-party witnesses. A party who wants documents from someone outside the lawsuit still has to use a subpoena duces tecum attached to the deposition notice under Article 1438.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a party be asked to bring documents to their own deposition?
Yes. Article 1441 lets the notice to a party-deponent include a request to produce documents and tangible things at the deposition itself.
Does Article 1441 apply to non-party witnesses?
No. It applies to deposition notices directed at a party. Getting documents from a non-party witness at a deposition requires a subpoena duces tecum instead.
What procedure governs objections to a document request made under Article 1441?
The same procedure that governs an ordinary request for production of documents and things, since Article 1441 applies that procedure to requests made through a deposition notice.