CPLR § 2301

Scope of subpoena

§ 2301. Scope of subpoena. A subpoena requires the attendance of a person to give testimony. A subpoena duces tecum requires production of books, papers and other things. A child support subpoena is a subpoena issued pursuant to section one hundred eleven-p of the social services law by the office of temporary and disability assistance or a local social services district, or its authorized representative, or another state's child support enforcement agency governed by title IV-D of the social security act. A trial subpoena duces tecum shall state on its face that all papers or other items delivered to the court pursuant to such subpoena shall be accompanied by a copy of such subpoena.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/2301

In plain English

A subpoena compels a person to attend and give testimony. ★
A subpoena duces tecum compels production of books, papers, and other things. ★
A child support subpoena is one issued under SSL § 111-p by OTDA, a local social services district (or authorized rep), or another state's IV-D child-support agency.
A trial subpoena duces tecum must state on its face that items delivered to the court must be accompanied by a copy of the subpoena.

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 2 — The JG-22 CPLR and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.