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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 24<\/a> and 188<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1471435,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368961,"identifier":"54.1-3938.1","token":"54.1\/IV\/39\/6\/54.1-3938.1","url":"\/54.1-3938.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3938.1\/","token":"54.1\/IV\/39\/6\/54.1-3938.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Subpoena issued pursuant to law of another jurisdiction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3938.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever a subpoena<\/span> is sought in this Commonwealth pursuant to the laws<\/span> of another jurisdiction<\/span> for use in lawyer discipline or disability proceedings, and where the request for the subpoena<\/span> has been duly approved under the laws<\/span> of the other jurisdiction<\/span>, the chair or a vice-chair of the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board, upon receiving an application from Bar Counsel<\/span>, may issue<\/span> a subpoena<\/span> as provided in this section to compel the attendance of witnesses and production of documents in the county or city in the Commonwealth where the witness<\/span> resides or is employed or elsewhere as agreed by the witness<\/span>. The circuit<\/span> courts<\/span> shall have the power to enforce a subpoena<\/span> issued pursuant to this section and to adjudge disobedience thereof as contempt<\/span>. The privilege<\/span> extended by this section shall be available only to those jurisdictions<\/span> that extend a similar privilege<\/span> for disciplinary proceedings in this Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUBPOENA ISSUED PURSUANT TO LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION (\u00a7 54.1-3938.1)\n\nWhenever a subpoena is sought in this Commonwealth pursuant to the laws of\nanother jurisdiction for use in lawyer discipline or disability proceedings, and\nwhere the request for the subpoena has been duly approved under the laws of the\nother jurisdiction, the chair or a vice-chair of the Virginia State Bar\nDisciplinary Board, upon receiving an application from Bar Counsel, may issue a\nsubpoena as provided in this section to compel the attendance of witnesses and\nproduction of documents in the county or city in the Commonwealth where the\nwitness resides or is employed or elsewhere as agreed by the witness. The\ncircuit courts shall have the power to enforce a subpoena issued pursuant to\nthis section and to adjudge disobedience thereof as contempt. The privilege\nextended by this section shall be available only to those jurisdictions that\nextend a similar privilege for disciplinary proceedings in this Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, cc. 24, 188.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}