Michigan Laws 600.2203 – Foreign subpoena; submission to circuit court clerk; issuance; contents
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 600.2203
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Foreign subpoena: means a subpoena issued under authority of a court of record of a foreign jurisdiction. See Michigan Laws 600.2202
- Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Michigan Laws 600.2202
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Michigan Laws 600.2202
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Subpoena: means a document, however denominated, issued under authority of a court of record requiring a person to do any of the following:
(i) Attend and give testimony at a deposition. See Michigan Laws 600.2202
(1) To request issuance of a subpoena under this section, a party must submit a foreign subpoena to the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which discovery is sought to be conducted in this state. A request for the issuance of a subpoena under this chapter does not constitute an appearance in the courts of this state.
(2) When a party submits a foreign subpoena to a clerk of the circuit court in this state, the clerk, in accordance with the court’s procedures, shall promptly issue a subpoena for service upon the person to which the foreign subpoena is directed.
(3) A subpoena under subsection (2) shall do both of the following:
(a) Incorporate the terms used in the foreign subpoena.
(b) Contain or be accompanied by the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all counsel of record in the proceeding to which the subpoena relates and of any party not represented by counsel.