Form 9-217 NMRA
Form 9-217. Subpoena.
[For use with District Court Rule 5-511 NMRA]
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
__________________ COUNTY
__________________ JUDICIAL DISTRICT
No. __________________
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
v.
__________________________________________, Defendant
SUBPOENA
SUBPOENA FOR1
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APPEARANCE OF PERSON FOR
[ ] STATEMENT [ ] DEPOSITION [ ] TRIAL
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SUBPOENA FOR DOCUMENTS OR OBJECTS2
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INSPECTION OF PREMISES2
TO:
______________________________________________________________________
__
YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED TO APPEAR as follows:
PLACE: _______________________________________________________________
DATE: ______________, __________ TIME: ____________ [a.m.] [p.m.]
to:
[ ]
testify at the taking of a deposition in the above case
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testify at trial
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permit inspection of the following described documents or objects
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
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permit the inspection of the premises located at:
________________________________________________________ (address)
[ ]
give a statement.
YOU ARE ALSO COMMANDED to bring with you the following document(s) or object(s)
________________________________________________________________
IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY WITH THIS SUBPOENA you may be held in contempt of
court and punished by fine or imprisonment.
________________________, __________.
_________________________________
Judge, clerk or attorney
RETURN FOR COMPLETION BY SHERIFF OR DEPUTY
I certify that on the ________ day of ______________, __________, in
______________ County, I served this subpoena on __________________ by
delivering to the person named a copy of the subpoena, [a witness fee in the amount of
$______________ and mileage in the amount of $______________]3.
_________________________________
Deputy sheriff
RETURN FOR COMPLETION BY OTHER PERSON
MAKING SERVICE
I, being duly sworn, on oath say that I am over the age of eighteen (18) years and
not a party to this lawsuit, and that on the ________ day of ______________,
__________, in ____________ County, I served this subpoena on
__________________ by delivering to the person named a copy of the subpoena, [a
witness fee in the amount of $______________ and mileage as provided by law in the
amount of $______________]3.
_________________________________
Person making service
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this ________ day of ______________,
__________ (date).
_________________________________
Judge, notary or other officer
authorized to administer oaths
THIS SUBPOENA issued by or at request of:
______________________________
Name of attorney of party
______________________________
Address
______________________________
Telephone
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE BY ATTORNEY4
I certify that I caused a copy of this subpoena to be served on the following persons
or entities by (delivery) (mail) on this ________ day of ______________, __________:
(1) ____________________________________
(Name of party)
____________________________________
(Address)
(2) ____________________________________
(Name of party)
____________________________________
(Address)
_________________________________
Attorney
_________________________________
Signature
_________________________________
Date of signature
TO BE PRINTED ON EACH SUBPOENA
1.
A command to produce evidence or to permit inspection may be joined with a
command to appear for a deposition or trial.
2.
A person commanded to produce and permit inspection and copying of
designated books, papers, documents or tangible things, or inspection of premises need
not appear in person at the place of production or inspection unless commanded to
appear for deposition, hearing or trial.
3.
Payment of per diem and mileage for subpoenas issued by the district attorney,
attorney general, public defender or an attorney appointed by the court, district attorney,
attorney general or public defender is made pursuant to regulations of the
Administrative Office of the Courts. The bracketed language should be deleted if the
subpoena is issued by the state or the public defender.
A subpoena by a private party or corporation must be accompanied by the payment of
one full day's per diem. Mileage must also be tendered at the time of service of the
subpoena as provided by the Per Diem and Mileage Act.
4.
To be completed only if the subpoena is commanding production of documents
and things or inspection of premises before trial. If the subpoena is commanding
production of documents and things or inspection of premises before trial, it must be
served on each party in the manner provided by Rule 5-103, 5-103.1 or 5-103.2 NMRA.
If service is by a party, an affidavit of service must be used instead of a certificate of
service.
PROTECTION OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO SUBPOENAS
A party or an attorney responsible for the issuance and service of a subpoena shall take
reasonable steps to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to
that subpoena. The court on behalf of which the subpoena was issued shall enforce this
duty and impose upon the party or attorney in breach of this duty an appropriate
sanction, which may include, but is not limited to, lost earnings and a reasonable
attorney's fee.
A person commanded to produce and permit inspection and copying of designated
books, papers, documents or tangible things, or inspection of premises need not appear
in person at the place of production or inspection unless commanded to appear for
deposition, hearing or trial.
Subject to Subparagraph (2) of Paragraph D below, a person commanded to produce
and permit inspection and copying may, within fourteen (14) days after service of the
subpoena or before the time specified for compliance if such time is less than fourteen
(14) days after service, serve upon the party or attorney designated in the subpoena
written objection to inspection or copying of any or all of the designated materials or of
the premises. If objection is made, the party serving the subpoena shall not be entitled
to inspect and copy the materials or inspect the premises except pursuant to an order of
the court by which the subpoena was issued. If objection has been made, the party
serving the subpoena may, upon notice to the person commanded to produce, move at
any time for an order to compel the production. Such an order to compel production
shall protect any person who is not a party or an officer of a party from significant
expense resulting from the inspection and copying commanded.
On timely motion, the court by which a subpoena was issued shall quash or modify the
subpoena if it:
(1)
fails to allow reasonable time for compliance,
(2)
requires a person who is not a party or an officer of a party to travel to a place
more than one hundred miles from the place where that person resides, is employed or
regularly transacts business in person, except as provided below, such a person may in
order to attend trial be commanded to travel from any such place within the state in
which the trial is held, or
(3)
requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter and no exception or
waiver applies, or
(4)
subjects a person to undue burden.
If a subpoena:
(1)
requires disclosure of a trade secret or other confidential research, development,
or commercial information, or
(2)
requires disclosure of an unretained expert's opinion or information not
describing specific events or occurrences in dispute and resulting from the expert's
study made not at the request of any party, or
(3)
requires a person who is not a party or an officer of a party to incur substantial
expense to travel, the court may, to protect a person subject to or affected by the
subpoena, quash or modify the subpoena or, if the party in whose behalf the subpoena
is issued shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be
otherwise met without undue hardship and assures that the person to whom the
subpoena is addressed will be reasonably compensated, the court may order
appearance or production only upon specified conditions.
DUTIES IN RESPONDING TO SUBPOENA
(1)
A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents shall produce them
as they are kept in the usual course of business or shall organize and label them to
correspond with the categories in the demand.
(2)
When information subject to a subpoena is withheld on a claim that it is privileged
or subject to protection as trial preparation materials, the claim shall be made expressly
and shall be supported by a description of the nature of the documents,
communications, or things not produced that is sufficient to enable the demanding party
to contest the claim.