{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-596","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 596","heading":"","body":"The party obtaining a postponement of a trial, if required by the adverse party, must consent that the testimony of any witness of such adverse party, who is in attendance, be then taken by deposition before a judge or clerk of the court in which the case is pending, or before such notary public as the court may indicate, which must accordingly be done; and the testimony so taken may be read on the trial, with the same effect, and subject to the same objections, as if the witnesses were produced.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","TITLE 8. OF THE TRIAL AND JUDGMENT IN CIVIL ACTIONS [577. - 674.]","CHAPTER 3. Issues—The Mode of Trial and Postponements [588. - 599.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"48baa35b861557481b0eb13ed96edeb42832d13f0976d3971d933382c330f329","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-595.4","next":"us-ca/ccp-597"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}