2020 New York Laws
CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules
Article 23 - Subpoenas, Oaths and Affirmations
2303 - Service of Subpoena; Payment of Fees in Advance.

§  2303.  Service  of  subpoena;  payment  of  fees  in advance. (a) A
subpoena requiring attendance or a subpoena duces tecum shall be  served
in  the  same  manner  as a summons, except that where service of such a
subpoena is made pursuant to subdivision two or four  of  section  three
hundred  eight of this chapter, the filing of proof of service shall not
be required and service shall be deemed complete upon the later  of  the
delivering  or  mailing of the subpoena, if made pursuant to subdivision
two of section three hundred eight of this chapter, or upon the later of
the affixing or mailing of the subpoena, if made pursuant to subdivision
four of  section  three  hundred  eight  of  this  chapter.  Any  person
subpoenaed  shall  be  paid  or tendered in advance authorized traveling
expenses and one day's witness fee. A copy of any subpoena  duces  tecum
served  in  a pending civil judicial proceeding shall also be served, in
the manner set forth in rule twenty-one hundred three of  this  chapter,
on  each party who has appeared in the civil judicial proceeding so that
it is received by such parties promptly after service on the witness and
before the production of books, papers or other things.
  (b) A child support subpoena issued pursuant to  section  one  hundred
eleven-p  of  the  social  services  law to public utility companies and
corporations, including  but  not  limited  to  cable  television,  gas,
electric, steam, and telephone companies and corporations, as defined in
section two of the public service law, may be served by regular mail, or
through  an  automated process where information sought is maintained in
an automated  data  base.  All  other  child  support  subpoenas  issued
pursuant  to  section  one  hundred  eleven-p of the social services law
shall be served in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (a)  of
this section.