Montana § 26-2-102 Issuance Of Subpoena

Montana Statutes

§ 26-2-102 — Issuance Of Subpoena

Montana·Title 26 EVIDENCE·Ch. 2 SUBPOENAS AND WITNESSES·Part 1 Subpoenas

26-2-102 . Issuance of subpoena. The subpoena is issued as follows:

(1)To require attendance before a court or at the trial of an issue in a court, it is issued under the seal of the court before which the attendance is required or in which the issue is pending.

(2)To require attendance out of the court before a judge, justice, or other officer authorized to administer oaths or take testimony in any matter under the laws of this state, it is issued by the judge, justice, or other officer before whom the attendance is required.

(3)To require attendance before a commissioner appointed to take testimony by a court of a foreign country, of the United States, of any other state in the United States, or of any other district or county within this state or before any officer empowered by the l

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26-2-102 . Issuance of subpoena. The subpoena is issued as follows:
(1) To require attendance before a court or at the trial of an issue in a court, it is issued under the seal of the court before which the attendance is required or in which the issue is pending.
(2) To require attendance out of the court before a judge, justice, or other officer authorized to administer oaths or take testimony in any matter under the laws of this state, it is issued by the judge, justice, or other officer before whom the attendance is required.
(3) To require attendance before a commissioner appointed to take testimony by a court of a foreign country, of the United States, of any other state in the United States, or of any other district or county within this state or before any officer empowered by the laws of the United States to take testimony, it may be issued by any judge or justice of the peace in places within the judge's or justice's respective jurisdiction, with the same power to enforce attendance and, upon certificate of contumacy to the court, to punish contempt of process that the judge or justice could exercise if the subpoena directed the attendance of the witness before the judge's or justice's court in a matter pending in that court.

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Legislative History

En. Sec. 322, p. 111, Bannack Stat.; en. Sec. 381, p. 212, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 455, p. 127, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 634, p. 204, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 634, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 655, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 3301, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7975, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 10619, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1986; re-en. Sec. 10619, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-1501-4; amd. Sec. 542, Ch. 56, L. 2009.