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This law was first created in 2009. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 701<\/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":1504595,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377299,"identifier":"8.01-412.9","token":"8.01\/14\/6.2\/8.01-412.9","url":"\/8.01-412.9\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-412.9\/","token":"8.01\/14\/6.2\/8.01-412.9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-412.9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For purposes of this article, unless the context requires otherwise:

\t\t“Foreign jurisdiction<\/span>” means a state<\/span> other than the Commonwealth.

\t\t“Foreign subpoena<\/span>” means a subpoena issued under authority of a court<\/span> of record of a foreign jurisdiction<\/span>.

\t\t“Person<\/span>” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.

\t\t“State<\/span>” means a state<\/span> of the United States<\/span>, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States<\/span> Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession<\/span> subject to the jurisdiction of the United States<\/span>.

\t\t“Subpoena” means a document, however denominated, issued under the authority of a court<\/span> of record requiring a person<\/span> to:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Attend and give testimony<\/span> at a deposition<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Produce and permit inspection and copying of designated books, documents, records, electronically stored information, or tangible things in the possession<\/span>, custody<\/span>, or control of the person<\/span>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Permit inspection of premises under the control of the person<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 8.01-412.9)\n\nFor purposes of this article, unless the context requires\notherwise:\t\t“Foreign jurisdiction” means a state other than the\nCommonwealth.\t\t“Foreign subpoena” means a subpoena issued under\nauthority of a court of record of a foreign jurisdiction.\t\t“Person”\nmeans an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership,\nlimited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation,\ngovernment, or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any other\nlegal or commercial entity.\t\t“State” means a state of the United\nStates, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands,\nor any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United\nStates.\t\t“Subpoena” means a document, however denominated, issued\nunder the authority of a court of record requiring a person to:\n\n1. Attend and give testimony at a deposition;\n\n2. Produce and permit inspection and copying of designated books, documents,\nrecords, electronically stored information, or tangible things in the\npossession, custody, or control of the person; or\n\n3. Permit inspection of premises under the control of the person.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, c. 701.","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"}}