§ 2030.050.Propounding more than 35 specially prepared

Title 4. Civil Discovery Act · Chapter 13. Written Interrogatories · Article 1. Propounding Interrogatories · Last amended 2005 · Last verified July 29, 2026

In one sentenceSection 2030.050 requires a party propounding more than 35 specially prepared interrogatories to attach a declaration for additional discovery to each set, reciting the party's familiarity with the case, the total number of interrogatories already served, the number in the current set, and the specific statutory ground relied on to justify exceeding the limit.

Full Text of § 2030.050

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Any party who is propounding or has propounded more than 35 specially prepared interrogatories to any other party shall attach to each set of those interrogatories a declaration containing substantially the following:

DECLARATION FOR ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY I, __________, declare:

1. I am (a party to this action or proceeding appearing in propria persona) (presently the attorney for __________, a party to this action or proceeding).

2. I am propounding to __________ the attached set of interrogatories.

3. This set of interrogatories will cause the total number of specially prepared interrogatories propounded to the party to whom they are directed to exceed the number of specially prepared interrogatories permitted by Section 2030.030 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

4. I have previously propounded a total of __________ interrogatories to this party, of which __________ interrogatories were not official form interrogatories.

5. This set of interrogatories contains a total of __________ specially prepared interrogatories.

6. I am familiar with the issues and the previous discovery conducted by all of the parties in the case.

7. I have personally examined each of the questions in this set of interrogatories.

8. This number of questions is warranted under Section 2030.040 of the Code of Civil Procedure because __________. (Here state each factor described in Section 2030.040 that is relied on, as well as the reasons why any factor relied on is applicable to the instant lawsuit.)

9. None of the questions in this set of interrogatories is being propounded for any improper purpose, such as to harass the party, or the attorney for the party, to whom it is directed, or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of California that the foregoing is true and correct, and that this declaration was executed on __________.

(Signature) Attorney for .........................................................................................................................................................................

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Plain-English Summary

This section supplies the actual language a party must use to invoke the Section 2030.040 grounds for exceeding the 35-interrogatory cap. Rather than leaving the required showing to each attorney's own phrasing, the statute sets out a model declaration nearly word for word, to be signed under penalty of perjury by the party or the attorney propounding the interrogatories, and attached to every set that pushes the running total past 35.

The declaration has to do real work, not just recite boilerplate. It must identify how many interrogatories, form and specially prepared, have already gone to this particular responding party, state how many specially prepared interrogatories the current set adds, confirm that the declarant is familiar with the case and has personally reviewed each question in the set, and then state which of the Section 2030.040 grounds applies and why, tied to the facts of the specific lawsuit rather than the statutory language alone. It closes with an assurance that no question is being asked for an improper purpose such as harassment or needless delay. A declaration that skips the case-specific explanation invites exactly the protective-order challenge Section 2030.040 anticipates.

Frequently Asked Questions

When must the Section 2030.050 declaration be attached to a set of interrogatories?

Whenever a party is propounding, or has propounded, more than 35 specially prepared interrogatories to the same party.

What must the declaration state about the reason for exceeding the limit?

It must identify which factor from Section 2030.040 the propounding party relies on and explain why that factor applies to the particular lawsuit, not just recite the statutory language.

Does the declaration have to disclose how many interrogatories were previously served?

Yes. It must state the total number of interrogatories previously propounded to the party and how many of those were not official form interrogatories.

Is the declaration signed under penalty of perjury?

Yes. The statutory form concludes with a declaration under penalty of perjury under California law.

Amendment History

(Added by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 23, operative July 1, 2005. Amended by Stats.2005, c. 22 (S.B.1108), § 22.)

Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from the West's Annotated California Codes / Thomson Reuters. Enacted by the California Legislature. Last verified July 29, 2026. · Official source

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