{"data":{"id":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5905","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"42 Pa.C.S. § 5905","heading":"Subpoenas.","body":"Every court of record shall have power in any civil or criminal matter to issue subpoenas to testify, with or without a clause of duces tecum, into any county of this Commonwealth to witnesses to appear before the court or any appointive judicial officer. Subpoenas shall be in the form prescribed by general rules.","path":["Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","PART VI ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER MATTERS GENERALLY","CHAPTER 59 DEPOSITIONS AND WITNESSES","SUBCHAPTER A WITNESSES GENERALLY CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS CIVIL MATTERS CERTAIN PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=42\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=59\u0026sctn=5\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-03 (Statute Update stamp, 42 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:33:14Z","sha256":"68dc2f1d5e53e0e67a86053008a1a168b9384f3151b209116e46218f96d5e30b","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5904","next":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5911"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}