Rule 17. Subpoenas

Category: NH Rules of Criminal Procedure Section: SCOPE, INTERPRETATION, ADOPTION AND EFFECTIVE DATE

(a) For Attendance of Witnesses; Form; Issuance. A subpoena for court hearings, depositions, or trials may be issued by the clerk of any court or any justice as defined by statute. A notary may issue a subpoena for depositions only. A subpoena shall comply with the form required by statute and shall command each person to whom it is directed to attend and give testimony at the time and place specified therein.

(b) For Production of Documentary Evidence and of Objects. A subpoena may also command the person to whom it is directed to produce the books, papers, documents, or other objects designated therein at the time and place specified therein.

(c) Service. Service of a subpoena shall be made by reading the subpoena to the person named or by giving that person in hand an a

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