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I, Part E > Section 876
Section 876. Subpoenas
Authorization of use by Attorney General
In any investigation relating to his functions under this subchapter with respect to controlled
substances, listed chemicals, tableting machines, or encapsulating machines, the Attorney
General may subpoena witnesses, compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and require
the production of any records (including books, papers, documents, and other tangible things
which constitute or contain evidence) which the Attorney General finds relevant or material to
the investigation. The attendance of witnesses and the production of records may be required
from any place in any State or in any territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States at any designated place of hearing; except that a witness shall not be required to
appear at any hearing more than 500 miles distant from the place where he was served with a
subpoena. Witnesses summoned under this section shall be paid the same fees and mileage that
are paid witnesses in the courts of the United States.
Service
(b) A subpoena issued under this section may be served by any person designated in the subpoena
to serve it. Service upon a natural person may be made by personal delivery of the subpoena to
him. Service may be made upon a domestic or foreign corporation or upon a partnership or other
unincorporated association which is subject to suit under a common name, by delivering the
subpoena to an officer, to a managing or general agent, or to any other agent authorized by
appointment or by law to receive service of process. The affidavit of the person serving the
subpoena entered on a true copy thereof by the person serving it shall be proof of service.
Enforcement
(c) In the case of contumacy by or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, the Attorney
General may invoke the aid of any court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which the
investigation is carried on or of which the subpoenaed person is an inhabitant, or in which he
carries on business or may be found, to compel compliance with the subpoena. The court may
issue an order requiring the subpoenaed person to appear before the Attorney General to produce
records, if so ordered, or to give testimony touching the matter under investigation. Any failure
to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof. All process in
any such case may be served in any judicial district in which such person may be found.
(Pub. L. 91-513, Title II, Section 506, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1272; Pub.L. 100-690, Title VI,
Section 6058, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4319.)
EDITORIAL NOTES
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment. Amendment by section 6058 of Pub.L. 100-690 effective
120 days after Nov. 18, 1988, see section 6061 of Pub.L. 100-690, set out as a note under section
802 of this title.
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