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Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 5905 — Subpoenas

Pennsylvania § 5905
JurisdictionPennsylvania
Title 42JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PartPART VI
Ch. 59DEPOSITIONS AND WITNESSES
Subch.WITNESSES GENERALLY

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Bluebook
42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5905 (2026).

Text

Every court of record shall have power in any civil or criminal matter to issue subpoenas to testify, with or without a clause of duces tecum, into any county of this Commonwealth to witnesses to appear before the court or any appointive judicial officer. Subpoenas shall be in the form prescribed by general rules.

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Legislative History

(Oct. 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142, eff. 60 days) 1980 Amendment.Act 142 added section 5905.

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Competency of witnesses generally
§ 5912
Effect of prior convictions
§ 5913
Spouses as witnesses against each other
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Confidential communications between spouses
§ 5915
Testimony by spouse in rebuttal
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Confidential communications to attorney
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Notes of evidence at former trial
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