§34.2 Text of Rule

• Jurisdiction: Washington

§34.2 TEXT OF RULE

RULE 34. PRODUCING DOCUMENTS,
ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION, AND
THINGS OR ENTRY ONTO LAND FOR INSPECTION
AND OTHER PURPOSES

(a) Scope. Any party may serve on any other party a request within the scope of Rule 26(b):

(1) to produce and permit the requesting party or the party's representative, to inspect, copy, test, photograph, record, measure, or sample the following items in the responding party's possession, custody, or control: any designated documents, electronically stored information, or things—including writings, drawings, graphs, charts, photographs, sound recordings, images, and other data or data compilations—stored in any medium from which information can be obtained, either directly or, if necessary, after translation or conversion by the responding party into a reasonably usable form; or to inspect and copy, test, or sample any things which constitute or contain matters within the scope of rule 26(b) and which are in the possession, custody or control of the responding party; or

(2)to permit entry onto designated land or other property possessed or controlled by the responding party, so that the requesting party may inspect, measure, survey, photograph, test, or sample the property or any designated object, process or operation on it.

(b)Procedure.

(1)Service. The request may, without leave of court, be served upon the plaintiff after the summons and a copy of the complaint are served upon the defendant, or the complaint is filed, whichever shall first occur, and upon any other party with or after service of the summons and complaint upon that party.

(2)Contents of the Request. The request:

(A)shall set forth the items to be produced either by individual item or by category, and describe each item and category with reasonable particularity;

(B)shall specify a reasonable time, place and manner of making the production and performing the related acts;

(C)may specify the form or forms in which electronically stored information is to be produced.

(3)Responses and Objections.

(A)Time to Respond. The responding party shall serve a written response within 30 days after the service of the request, except that a defendant may serve a response within 40 days after service of the summons and complaint upon that defendant. The parties may stipulate or the court may allow a shorter or longer time.

(B)Responding to Each Item. For each item or category, the response must either state that inspection and related activities will be permitted as requested or state a specific objection to the request, including the reasons.

(C)Objections. An objection to part of a request must specify the part and permit inspection of the rest.

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