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2002 SESSION

024855748
HOUSE BILL NO. 457
Offered January 9, 2002
Prefiled January 8, 2002
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 14 of Title 8.01 a section numbered 8.01-391.1, relating to compliance with subpoena duces tecum.
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Patron-- Griffith
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 14 of Title 8.01 a section numbered 8.01-391.1 as follows:

§ 8.01-391.1. Compliance with subpoenas duces tecum.

When a subpoena for the production of documents and things has been issued pursuant to any provision of the Code or the Rules of the Supreme Court and the party in control of the requested information cannot physically produce the information, but the information can be accessed on a computer to which the party has access, the party shall notify the court and permit access to the computer by the requesting party and the opposing party.