RULE 45. SUBPOENA
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(f) Notice. All subpoenas commanding pretrial or prehearing production, inspection or copying must contain the following notice:
"You may object to this subpoena bymailingsending or delivering a written objection, stating your valid reason, to {Insert the name and address of the party, or attorney representing the party seeking production, inspection or copying}. Any objection must be received within 10 days after you receive the subpoena. If the time specified in the subpoena for compliance is less than 10 days, any objection must be received at least 24 hours before the time specified for compliance.
If you make a timely objection, you do not need to comply with this subpoena unless the court orders otherwise. You will be notified if the party serving the subpoena seeks a court order compelling compliance with this subpoena. You will then have the opportunity to contest enforcement.
Failure to obey this subpoena, without making a timely objection, and stating a valid reason, may be contempt of court."
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Rule 45 was amended, effective July 1, 1981; January 1, 1988; January 1, 1995; March 1, 1997; _________________.
Rule 45 was revised, effective January 1, 1995, in response to the 1991 federal revision. Significant changes to North Dakota's rule include the following: (1) An action must be filed before a subpoena may issue; (2) A subpoena may compel a non-party to produce evidence independent of any deposition; (3) A subpoena may compel the inspection of premises in the possession of a non-party upon order of the court for good cause shown; and (4) Notice must be printed on a subpoena advising of the right to object when pretrial or prehearing production or inspection is commanded. The scope of discovery under Rule 26 is not intended to be altered by the revision.
Subdivision (f) was amended, effective , to allow an objection to a subpoena to be sent via a commercial carrier as an alternative to mail.
SOURCES: Procedure Committee Minutes of ____________________; January 25-26, 1996, page 20; January 27-28, 1994, pages 11-16; April 29-30, 1993, pages 4-8, 18-20; January 28-29, 1993, pages 2-7; May 21-22, 1987, page 3; February 19-20, 1987, pages 3-4; October 30-31, 1980, pages 26-29; November 29-30, 1979, page 12; Rule 45, FRCivP.
STATUTES AFFECTED:
SUPERSEDED: Sections 31-0113, 31-0120, 31-0121 31-0302, 31-0303, 31-0305, 31-0306, 31-0310, 31-0311, 31-0312, 31-0314, NDRC 1943; Section 31-05-22, NDCC.
CROSS REFERENCE: Rules 26 (General Provisions Governing Discovery), 30 (Depositions Upon Oral Examination), and 31 (Depositions of Witnesses Upon Written Questions), NDRCivP; Rule 17 (Subpoena) NDRCrimP.