California Penal Code CHAPTER 3 - Compelling the Attendance of Witnesses

• Section 1326.
  (a) The process by which the attendance of a witness before a court or magistrate is required is a subpoena. It may be signed and issued...
• Section 1326.1.
  (a) An order for the production of utility records in whatever form and however stored shall be issued by a judge only upon a written ex...
• Section 1326.2.
  (a) An order for the production of escrow or title records in whatever form and however stored shall be issued by a judge only upon a...
• Section 1327.
  A subpoena authorized by Section 1326 shall be substantially in the following form:The people of the State of California to A. B.:You are commanded to appear...
• Section 1328.
  (a) A subpoena may be served by any person, except that the defendant may not serve a subpoena in the criminal action to which he or...
• Section 1328.5.
  Whenever any peace officer is a witness before any court or magistrate in any criminal action or proceeding in connection with a matter regarding an...
• Section 1328.6.
  Whenever any criminalist, questioned document examiner, latent print analyst, polygraph examiner employed by the Department of Justice, a police department, a sheriff’s office, or a...
• Section 1328a.
  A telegraphic copy of a subpoena for a witness in a criminal proceeding may be sent by telegraph or teletype to one or more peace...
• Section 1328b.
  Every officer causing telegraphic copies of subpoenas to be sent, must certify as correct, and file in the telegraph office from which such copies are...
• Section 1328c.
  A peace officer must serve in his county or city any subpoena delivered to him by telegraph or teletype for service and must without delay...
• Section 1328d.
  Notwithstanding Section 1328, a subpoena may be delivered by mail or messenger. Service shall be effected when the witness acknowledges receipt of the subpoena to...
• Section 1329.
  (a) When a person attends before a magistrate, grand jury, or court, as a witness in a criminal case, whether upon a subpoena or in pursuance...
• Section 1329.1.
  Any witness who is subpoenaed in any criminal action or proceeding shall be given written notice on the subpoena that the witness may be entitled...
• Section 1330.
  No person is obliged to attend as a witness before a court or magistrate out of the county where the witness resides, or is served...
• Section 1331.
  Disobedience to a subpoena, or a refusal to be sworn or to testify as a witness, may be punished by the Court or magistrate as...
• Section 1331.5.
  Any person who is subpoenaed to appear at a session of court, or at the trial of an issue therein, may, in lieu of appearance...
• Section 1332.
  (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 878 to 883, inclusive, when the court is satisfied, by proof on oath, that there is good cause to believe...

Last modified: October 22, 2018