Subpoenas: Compelling Witness Attendance and Productions at Trial

• Author: Edward L. Birnbaum/Carl T. Grasso/Justice Ariel E. Belen
• Pages: 511-538

SUBPOENAS

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CHAPTER 17

SUBPOENAS:

COMPELLING WITNESS ATTENDANCE

AND PRODUCTIONS AT TRIAL

I. GENERAL POINTS

§17:01 Purpose

§17:02 Notice to Produce at Trial Distinguished

§17:03 Subpoena Independent Witnesses

§17:04 When to Subpoena Party Witnesses

§17:05 Recesses and Adjournments

II. ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENAS

§17:10 Court Order Not Usually Required

§17:11 Exception: Subpoenas for Materials From a Library, Municipal Corporation or the State

§17:12 Subpoenas in Lower Courts

§17:13 Form of Subpoena

§17:14 Authorization for Medical Records

III. SERVICE OF SUBPOENAS

§17:20 Territorial Reach

§17:21 Manner of Service

§17:22 Time for Service: In General

§17:23 Time for Service: Subpoenas for Records of Hospitals

or Medical Records of a Municipality or the State

§17:24 Time for Service: Subpoenas for Materials From a Library,

Municipal Corporation or the State

§17:25 Service Fees

IV. COMPLIANCE WITH SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM

§17:30 In General

§17:31 Subpoenas for Records of Hospitals or Medical Records of a Municipality or the State

§17:32 Subpoenas for Other Business Records

§17:33 Subpoenas for Materials From a Library, Municipal Corporation or the State

SUBPOENAS

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V. COMPELLING COMPLIANCE

§17:40 Procedure

§17:41 Remedy

§17:42 Tactics to Encourage Compliance

VI. RESISTING SUBPOENA: MOTION TO QUASH

§17:50 Purpose

§17:51 When and Where to Make

§17:52 Standing to Make Motion

§17:53 Grounds for Granting

§17:54 Overly Broad Subpoena

§17:55 Subpoena Seeking Privileged Information

§17:56 Subpoena Duces Tecum

FORMS

Form 17:10 Notice to Produce at Trial

Form 17:20 Subpoena Ad Testif‌icandum

Form 17:30 Subpoena Duces Tecum

Form 17:40 Judicial Subpoena Duces Tecum

Form 17:50 Judicial Subpoena Duces Tecum to Hospital

Form 17:60 Judicial Subpoena Duces Tecum to Hospital (Bronx County)

Form 17:70 Aff‌idavit of Compliance With CPLR 3122-a