A party may in his notice name as the deponent a public or private corporation or a partnership or association or governmental agency and designate with reasonable particularity the matters on which examination is requested. The organization so named shall designate one or more officers, directors, or managing agents, or other persons who consent to testify on its behalf, and may set forth, for each person designated, the matters on which he will testify. The persons so designated shall testify as to matters known or reasonably available to the organization. This Article does not preclude taking a deposition by any other procedure authorized in this Chapter.
Art. 1442.Deposition of an Organization
Book II. Ordinary Proceedings · Title III. Production of Evidence · Chapter 3. Discovery · Enacted 1976 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 30, 2026
In one sentenceArticle 1442 lets a party notice a corporation, partnership, association, or government agency itself as the deponent and requires the organization to designate people to testify on its behalf about the topics described in the notice — Louisiana's counterpart to a federal Rule 30(b)(6) deposition.
Full Text of Art. 1442
Amendment History
Acts 1976, No. 574, §1.
Plain-English Summary
Sometimes the entity with the answers is not a person but an organization. Article 1442 lets a party name a corporation, partnership, association, or governmental agency as the deponent directly, rather than guessing which individual employee to notice. The notice has to describe, with reasonable particularity, the matters the party wants covered, so the organization knows what it is being asked to prepare for.
The organization, not the noticing party, then picks who shows up. It designates one or more officers, directors, or managing agents, or any other person who agrees to testify on its behalf, and it can assign particular topics to particular designees when more than one person is needed to cover the ground. Whoever is designated has to testify about matters known or reasonably available to the organization — not just what that individual happens to remember, but what the organization as a whole could reasonably find out and prepare them to answer.
This procedure is a tool, not a cage. Naming the organization under Article 1442 does not stop a party from also deposing particular employees by name through the ordinary procedure in Article 1437, if there is a reason to hear from a specific person rather than the organization's designated voice.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an Article 1442 deposition, and how does it compare to a 30(b)(6) deposition?
It is Louisiana's version of the organizational deposition familiar from federal practice as a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition: a party notices the organization itself, and the organization designates people to testify on its behalf about the noticed topics.
Who does the organization have to produce for the deposition?
One or more officers, directors, managing agents, or any other person who consents to testify on the organization's behalf, chosen by the organization rather than the party seeking the deposition.
What if the designated witness does not personally know the answer?
The designee still has to testify about matters known or reasonably available to the organization, which means the organization must prepare that witness rather than send someone unable to speak to the noticed topics.
Can you still depose individual employees of the organization separately?
Yes. Article 1442 does not preclude taking a deposition by any other procedure authorized elsewhere in the discovery articles, including deposing a named employee directly.
Source & verification. Article text is reproduced verbatim from
the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure (legis.la.gov). Enacted by the Louisiana Legislature.
Last verified July 30, 2026.
· Official source
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