Effective January 1, 2010, new laws and new mandatory forms went into effect relating to service of Subpoenas in California for cases pending in other state courts.
Note: This does NOT apply to Federal Subpoenas.
Download our Interactive E-Booklet below to see a chart of the applicable filing fees and a list of the MANDATORY FORMS with links to the California Judicial Council web site where the forms may be found and filled out on-line and printed.
Note: The client must fill out the forms.
1. $45.00 filing fee, payable to “Superior Court.”
2. A copy of the issued foreign subpoena from the other state.
3. A completed Application on the Mandatory Form, SUBP-030.
4. A completed Mandatory California Subpoena,
SUBP-035, SUBP-040, SUBP-045 or SUBP-050.
5. In California a $15.00 witness fee is required at the time of service for all Production of Business Records subpoenas.
6. Also in California all Personal Appearance Subpoenas are entitled to witness fees but these are not required to be paid at the time of service, but are required to be paid at the time of appearance by the attorney if requested.
7. A completed Create Account / Log-in for each subpoena to be filed and served.
If you have lots of foreign subpoenas or out of state subpoenas, you may want to consider hiring local counsel and avoid the $45.00 each filing fee. A member of the California Bar Association may issue the subpoena as they would any normal California subpoena. Otherwise we will have the court clerk issue the subpoena when it is filed and the $45.00 filing fee is paid.
We no longer need a Commission or Letters Rogatory from the other state.
NO CIVIL CASE COVER SHEET IS REQUIRED per CCP 2020.300(b)(1).
We can be in and out serving papers all day long but generally our office hours are as below. If we are not in, please complete our Create Account / Log-in and put everything in an envelope and drop it through our mail slot with your payment.
If your service is a RUSH please call us TODAY at 1-510-797-9996 and let us know you dropped it off through the mail slot or emailed it to us and we will get someone by the D&R Legal Process Service, LLC. office to pick it up.
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