§ 8.01-506.1.Production of book accounts or other writing compelled.

Answers to interrogatories are only as good as the records behind them. Section 8.01-506.1 lets the creditor reach past the debtor’s word and pull the underlying paperwork — books of account, ledgers, any writing with material evidence — through a subpoena duces tecum tied to the interrogatory proceeding.

This subpoena bends the ordinary rule found in Rule 4:9A of the Rules of the Supreme Court in two ways: it can be directed at a party, since a standard subpoena duces tecum typically targets non-parties, and a commissioner, not just the court, can issue it and order the records and any custodian brought before the commissioner.

For a non-resident party who has appeared in the case or been served with process here, service can go to that party’s attorney of record instead of tracking the person down out of state.

None of this strips away privacy protections: the Supreme Court’s protective-order rule, Rule 4:1(c), still applies, so sensitive material can be shielded even as it is produced.