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If it is delivered in person, it must be served at least 20 days before the court date. A judge may order a shorter time for service, but you must ask for it.

Serving process across state lines can be tricky. Some states recognize the Uniform Interstate Deposition and Discovery Act, which makes the process easy. Others do not, and there are more steps that must be taken before a subpoena or other legal document can be served upon its recipient.

Under Rule 45 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, federal subpoenas in civil matters can be issued by attorneys and served on witnesses even outside the state where the federal matter is pending.States have adopted a variety of rules to allow parties to seek testimony and documents.

How to Protect Your Interests After Getting Served a Subpoena. Don't ever think you can simply ignore a subpoena. Even if you have a legitimate reason to avoid the subpoena, you need to respond and explain your position. If you ignore the subpoena, you can be held in contempt of court.

Failure to respond to a subpoena is punishable as contempt by either the court or agency issuing the subpoena. Punishment may include monetary sanctions (even imprisonment although extremely unlikely).

You cannot "refuse to accept" a subpoena. The process server or officer who serves it on you generally will have complied with the law for service if he/she attempts to hand it to you, even if you refuse, let it drop, or slam the door in his/her...

The answer is, maybe. The next shortest answer I can give is that, although a witness has no excuse to ignore a subpoena based simply on the fact that the case is pending outside the state where the witness lives, you do not need to automatically comply with the subpoena. Be proactive and analyze the subpoena.

Contact the lawyer who subpoenaed you and ask him/her to let you off the hook or alternatively postpone the trial. If you have a good excuse and the lawyer will not relent, get an attorney you know to contact the judge to get the case postponed.

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