Rule 4009.24.Notice of Intent to Serve Subpoena. Objection to Subpoena. Forms.

Adopted April 7, 1997 · Last amended April 7, 1997 · Last verified June 30, 2026

In one sentenceThis rule supplies the forms for the non-party subpoena process — the notice of intent to serve a subpoena and the form for objecting to the proposed subpoena.

Full Text of Rule 4009.24

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(a) The written notice of intent to serve a subpoena required by Rule 4009.21(a) shall be substantially in the following form: (CAPTION) NOTICE OF INTENT TO SERVE A SUBPOENA TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS AND THINGS FOR DISCOVERY PURSUANT TO RULE 4009.21

(party) intends to serve a subpoena identical to the one that is attached to this notice. You have twenty (20) days from the date listed below in which to file of record and serve upon the undersigned an objection to the subpoena. If no objection is made, the subpoena may be served. Date: Attorney for

(b) The objection to subpoena required by Rule 4009.21(c) shall be substantially in the following form: (CAPTION) OBJECTIONS TO SUBPOENA PURSUANT TO RULE 4009.21

(party) objects to the proposed subpoena that is attached to these objections for the following reasons: . Date: Attorney for

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Plain-English Summary

This rule prints the forms that drive the non-party production-subpoena procedure. It provides the notice of intent to serve a subpoena, which tells the other parties that a party intends to serve a subpoena identical to the one attached and that they have twenty days to file objections, and the form of objections to the proposed subpoena.

Supplying standard forms keeps the notice-and-objection process uniform and makes plain to every party what is proposed and how to object.

Frequently Asked Questions

What form gives notice of a non-party subpoena?

The Notice of Intent to Serve a Subpoena, which this rule supplies.

How do you object to a proposed subpoena?

By filing the Objections to Subpoena form this rule provides and serving it on the other parties.

Amendment History

The provisions of this Rule 4009.24 adopted April 7, 1997, effective July 1, 1997, 27 Pa.B. 1921.

Source & verification. Rule text, the Official Note, and the amendment history are reproduced verbatim from the Pennsylvania Code, Title 231, the official compilation of rules adopted by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Last verified June 30, 2026. · Official text

Also known as: notice of intent to serve subpoena form