The certificate of compliance required by Rule 4009.23(a) shall be substantially in the following form: (CAPTION) NOTICE To (Person Served with Subpoena): You are required to complete the following Certificate of Compliance when producing documents or things pursuant to the Subpoena. CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH SUBPOENA TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS OR THINGS PURSUANT TO RULE 4009.23 I, , (person served with subpoena) certify to the best of my knowledge, information and belief that all documents or things required to be produced pursuant to the subpoena issued on (date of subpoena) have been produced. Date: Person served with subpoena
Rule 4009.27.Certificate of Compliance. Form.
Adopted April 7, 1997 · Last amended April 7, 1997 · Last verified June 30, 2026
In one sentenceThis rule supplies the form of the certificate of compliance a non-party executes when it produces documents or things in response to a subpoena.
Full Text of Rule 4009.27
Plain-English Summary
This rule prints the certificate of compliance that a non-party completes when responding to a production subpoena. It accompanies the produced materials and records the non-party’s compliance with the subpoena.
Supplying a standard form gives the receiving party a clear record of what the non-party produced and confirms the subpoena was answered, which matters because other parties are entitled to notice and copies.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does a non-party file when producing documents?
A certificate of compliance, in the form this rule supplies, delivered with the produced materials.
What is a certificate of compliance?
The non-party's signed confirmation that it complied with the production subpoena.
Amendment History
The provisions of this Rule 4009.27 adopted April 7, 1997, effective July 1, 1997, 27 Pa.B. 1921.
Source & verification. Rule text, the Official Note, and the amendment
history are reproduced verbatim from the Pennsylvania Code, Title 231, the official compilation
of rules adopted by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Last verified June 30, 2026. ·
Official text
Also known as: certificate of compliance form