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Subpoena Toolkit (TX)
Practical Law Toolkit w-042-5084 (Approx. 4 pages)
Resources to assist counsel in issuing and responding to subpoenas in Texas district and county courts. This Toolkit offers resources explaining the different types of subpoenas available, the applicable rules, how to draft and serve a subpoena, how to respond to a subpoena, and how to enforce a subpoena.
Litigants use subpoenas to obtain evidence, such as documents or other physical items, or to compel witness testimony, usually from a nonparty. This Toolkit offers resources for attorneys issuing and responding to subpoenas in Texas. For issuing attorneys, the resources provide guidance on:
- The different types of subpoenas.
- When to use a subpoena.
- The scope of subpoenas.
- The authority to issue a subpoena.
- The territorial limits of a Texas subpoena.
- The methods to obtain out-of-state discovery by subpoena.
- Drafting a subpoena.
- Serving a subpoena.
- Enforcing a subpoena.
This Toolkit also offers resources that address responding to a subpoena, including:
- The requirements for complying with a subpoena.
- The available objections to a subpoena.
- Making motions for a protective order or to quash a subpoena.
- The consequences of disobeying a subpoena.