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"Subpoenaing Out-Of-State Witnesses"

This post was written by Mark Bennett: "Somehow I seem to have become the go-to guy for out-of-state lawyers trying to get Harris County witnesses subpoenaed to trial out-of-state. This is sort of a see-one-do-one-teach-one procedure, and I've done five, so it's time for me to pass on what I know.

The procedure is contained in the Uniform Act to Secure Attendance of Witnesses from Without State. According to California lawyer Robert Scofield, the Act has been adopted by every state but North Dakota, and by the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands. North Dakota Century Code 31-03-25 through -31, however (PDF), looks substantially the same as the Act (one of North Dakota's twelve lawyers can perhaps confirm my impression).

...Summoning a witness from, say, Texas to Nebraska is a six-part procedure:...

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Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on March 18, 2010 (boomark / email).