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Rule 1.310 applies if the depositions are taken upon oral examination, and Rule 1.320 if they are taken upon written interrogatories. Under Rule 1.310(a) a party desiring to take the deposition of any person upon oral examination shall give a reasonable notice to every other party.

The new rule amends Rule 1.280 to require litigants to state the deposition question, interrogatory, or discovery request followed by the answer, objection, or other response when responding to production and admissions requests, written deposition questions, and interrogatories.

The Florida Bar's Civil Procedure Rules Committee proposes amending Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.351 (Production of Documents and Things Without Deposition) to extend the period of time to object to a subpoena to 45 days when a notice of non-party production is served simultaneously with a complaint.

Under the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 1.340, any party may serve upon any other party written interrogatories to be answered 1) by the party the interrogatories are directed to or 2) if that party is a public or private corporation, a partnership or association, or a governmental agency, by any officer or ...

Rule 1.351 (Production of Documents and Things without Deposition). In subdivision (b), a new sentence is added that prohibits a subpoena being issued earlier than 45 days after service if notice of production of document is served with the original process.

Rule 1.350(a)(1), Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, states that a party is only required to produce documents that are in the possession, custody or control of the party to whom the request is directed.