New York Subpoena & Subpoena Duces Tecum Service (CPLR § 2303)
Precision delivery of trial subpoenas, deposition subpoenas, medical HIM record subpoenas, and financial institution subpoenas under CPLR § 2303 and § 3119.
Order Subpoena Service Online ($95–$195)Under New York CPLR § 2303(a), a Subpoena Ad Testificandum (requiring witness testimony) or a Subpoena Duces Tecum (requiring production of books, records, or tangible things) must be served in the same manner as a summons—meaning all the strict rules of CPLR § 308 (including due diligence and 20-day filing for substituted service) and CPLR § 311 apply. Additionally, CPLR § 2303(a) requires that any Subpoena Duces Tecum served in a pending civil action be accompanied by prompt service of a copy on each party who has appeared in the action.
Executive Process Service delivers subpoenas to Wall Street financial institutions, commercial registered agents (CT Corporation System at 28 Liberty Street in Manhattan; CSC at 80 State Street in Albany), major hospital Health Information Management (HIM) departments, telecommunications providers, and non-party fact witnesses across New York State.
Mandatory Witness Fee Advancement Under NY CPLR § 8001(a)–(b)
A subpoena served in New York without the required statutory witness fee tendered in advance is legally defective and cannot support a contempt motion under CPLR § 2308. Under CPLR § 8001(a), any person whose attendance is compelled by a subpoena (whether for trial or pre-trial deposition) is entitled to receive in advance $15.00 for each day's attendance, plus $0.23 per mile travel expenses from the place of service to the place of attendance if served outside the city where the testimony is to be given (there is no mileage fee when served within the same city).
Under CPLR § 8001(b), a non-party witness served with a Subpoena Duces Tecum requiring only the production of records (without personal testimony) must be paid an advance fee of $15.00 for one day's attendance, plus reimbursement for reasonable production and reproduction expenses under CPLR § 3122(d). Assigned dispatch team advances statutory witness fees on behalf of instructing counsel and itemizes the exact check or cash tender directly on the sworn Affidavit of Service.
Hospital Medical Record Subpoenas (CPLR § 2306) & Municipal Subpoenas (CPLR § 2307)
Serving medical subpoenas on New York healthcare systems—such as NYU Langone Health, NewYork-Presbyterian, Mount Sinai, Montefiore Medical Center, Northwell Health, or NYC Health + Hospitals—requires routing to the designated central Health Information Management (HIM) or Legal Risk Management subpoena intake desk along with a HIPAA-compliant OCA Official Form No. 960 authorization.
Furthermore, under CPLR § 2307, a subpoena duces tecum addressed to a library, department, or bureau of a municipal corporation or of the State of New York (such as the NYPD, FDNY, or a county agency) must be issued by a Justice of the Supreme Court upon at least one day's notice to the agency and adverse party unless otherwise stipulated.
Subpoena Service Deliverables & Capabilities
- Wall Street bank & financial institution legal intake service (CPLR § 5222 / § 5224)
- Advance tender of CPLR § 8001 ($15.00 attendance + $0.23/mile) witness and records fees
- Hospital HIM & Risk Management subpoena routing across all NYC and NY regional health systems
- Out-of-state UIDDA subpoena domestication and service under CPLR § 3119
- Information Subpoenas with Restraining Notices for post-judgment enforcement (CPLR § 5222)
- 24-hour emergency trial and deposition subpoena dispatch across all 62 NY counties
Subpoena Service — Statutory Q&A
- Can a non-party witness subpoena be served on the New York Secretary of State under BCL § 306?
- No. Under NY Business Corporation Law (BCL) § 306 and CPLR § 2303, the Secretary of State is only authorized to accept 'process' for the purpose of acquiring jurisdiction over a corporation as a defendant/respondent party—not non-party witness subpoenas or post-judgment restraining notices. Non-party subpoenas must be served directly on an officer, managing agent, or commercial registered agent such as CT Corporation System (28 Liberty St, NY) or CSC (80 State St, Albany).
- How much notice is required for a non-party discovery subpoena in New York?
- Under CPLR § 3120(2), a Subpoena Duces Tecum for discovery and inspection must give the non-party at least 20 days' notice before the production date, and under CPLR § 3106(b), a deposition subpoena must also be served at least 20 days before the examination unless the court orders otherwise.
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Dispatch Subpoena Service in New York
Precision delivery of trial subpoenas, deposition subpoenas, medical HIM record subpoenas, and financial institution subpoenas under CPLR § 2303 and § 3119.