Subpoenas

No. As long as the delivery is approved by the court it is valid.

It is your choice, but if you have material information that would aid either the prosecution OR the defense, and choose to withhold it, you may be treated as a "hostile witness" or, even held in contempt of court for withholding evidence.

Any court who has need of the records can subpoena them. It must be for a legal purpose. Which is to say, that your nosy neigbor or family members cannot subpoena them just for their own interest..

You can contact the court that issued it and explain your situation, however, it MAY well be that you must appear, regardless.

No the President is not above the law no matter how important he nor anyone may think.

Actually, legally, it is not a question of whether someone has a 'right' to ignore a subpoena or not. It is a question of whether one is willing or not to suffer the consequences of doing so. If you want to put it in the terms of 'rights', of course he has the right to ignore a subpoena, everyone does. There may or may not be consequences of of doing so depending on the case, the issue and the whether the court has jurisdiction or not. In this particular case, it is not a criminal matter and the penalty is limited to the fact that the court may decide to take Obama's refusal to appear into account when making their decision. In this particular case, a better question might be: Do you really want the President of the United States to have to appear for any and all cases in any of the many State district courts, even for harebrained cases, or would you rather he spend his time being President?

Subpoenas allow legislators access to documents and personal affects they would not otherwise be able to access. These things can give them more of a sense of the person in for a hearing.

There are several things regarding subpoenas. First off, you need to be in the discovery phase of a lawsuit. Then you file the subpoena request with the court and if the request is granted, it will be delivered in person. The article describes the process in more detail.

I don't know in which facility the girl would be held. There is no bail for contempt. Contempt is the "willful" refusal to comply with a court's order. The only way to be released from jail is to comply with the court's order. In this case, the girl would remain in jail until she agrees to testify.

Yes

Unless you are under some kind of court order which "stays" any actions on your part, you are not prohibited from filing or doing anything that is lawful and proper.

Contact the clerk of the court that is listed on the document.

An unanswered subpoena is one which has been served on the named person, but the person on whom it was served has failed to appear as ordered.

(I am not a lawyer. This is not legal advice.)

The answer almost certainly depends on the rules of civil procedure for the jurisdiction in question.

...but that being said, in many cases the subpoena will need to be signed by either an attorney licensed to practice before that court, or the clerk of court. If so, you can get a blank, signed form from the clerk.

Then, when you serve the subpoena, you must generally also file a copy of the subpoena and a "certificate of service" (documenting how and when you served the subpoena) with the court. This is presumably to establish a timeline, in case you need to petition the court to compel enforcement of an unanswered subpoena.

First of all courts do not use "scare tactics".

A court summons can be delivered by a process server, a sheriff, or registered mail, and will be appear similar to:

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ("name of City, county and state").

"So and So" as Plaintiff VS John Doe as Defendant

Case or Docket Number ________

Division ___________

Court Date___________

And so on and so on, ending with the name of the attorney representing the plaintiff or the plaintiff's name if it is Pro Se.

And there will be an official state seal stamped on the bottom with the signature of the court clerk or deputy court clerk.

FYI. A civil summons does not require the defendent to appeal in court to answer the complaint. However, if said defendent does not appear he or she will lose the case by default and an judgment will be entered in favor of the plaintiff.

A criminal summons or a subpoena of any type is a direct order of the court for the person whose name appears on such to appear at the time and date indicated. Any person(s) not responding to such an order can be (and probably will be) charged with contempt and taken into custody by authorities to await a hearing on the matter. ALWAYS respond to a subpoena.

A custodian of records is the person who keeps all the recorded information for a business or a department in an organization (such as a hospital). When served with a subpoena, this person must sign a sworn affidavit swearing to the authenticity of the records that have been requested by the court.

Yes. Finding a judgment from a past due collection account on the public record portion of your credit report is quite common. You would need to research your state's law and the state the CA was operating in to determine the requirements for notification. Many states only require the CA to attempt notification, such as sending a letter to your last known address.

Because of the privacy provisions for medical records under HIPPA. These may be gotten only with the patient's release or a court order, by law.