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Instructions For Service Of An Information Subpoena

CIVIL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SERVICE OF AN INFORMATION SUBPOENA

RESTRICTIONS:

A subpoena from the Civil Court of the City of New York may only be served within

the City of New York, or in Nassau, or Westchester County. Service elsewhere within the State

of New York may be done only with the written permission of a judge.

An agency of the city, county or state government, or a public library, may only be

subpoenaed with the written permission of a judge.

PROCEDURES:

1. Make a photocopy of the subpoena and two photocopies of the list of questions.

2. Place the photocopy of the subpoena, together with the original and one of the

photocopies of the questions to be answered in an envelope addressed to the person from whom

you desire information. Include a stamped self-addressed envelope for use by the deponent to

return the answers to you.

3. Anyone NOT A PARTY TO THE ACTION who is over the age of 18 may “serve” the

subpoena. To “serve” the subpoena , the person who is serving the papers must put the copy of

the subpoena together with the questions and the stamped self-addressed envelope in an

envelope, and mail it by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, to the deponent.

4. After the papers are mailed, the server must fill out an affidavit of service, provided on

the other side of this Instruction Sheet, have it notarized, and retain it for future use if necessary.

CIV-SC-63 (Revised December, 2005)

Instructions For Service Of An Information Subpoena