§ 2020.020.Deposition subpoena; scope of authority

Not every deposition subpoena asks for the same thing, and this section sorts them into three distinct categories. A subpoena can command only the deponent's attendance and testimony, with no documents involved at all. It can instead command only the production of business records for copying, with no live testimony required. Or it can combine both, commanding attendance and testimony along with production of business records, other documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things.

Each type follows its own article later in this chapter, with its own formal requirements. Picking the right category matters from the start, because an attendance-only subpoena and a records-only subpoena carry different notice obligations, different consumer-privacy safeguards, and different timing rules, all of which the specific articles spell out.