{"data":{"id":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5977","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"42 Pa.C.S. § 5977","heading":"Prisoner from another state summoned to testify in this Commonwealth.","body":"If a person confined in a penal institution in any other state may be a material witness in a criminal action pending in a court of record or in a grand jury investigation in this Commonwealth, a judge of the court may certify:\n(1) that there is a criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or a criminal action pending in the court;\n(2) that a person who is confined in a penal institution in the other state may be a material witness in the proceeding, investigation or action; and\n(3) that the presence of the person will be required during a specified time.\nThe certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the other state having jurisdiction over the prisoner confined and a notice shall be given to the Attorney General of the state in which the prisoner is confined.","path":["Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","PART VI ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER MATTERS GENERALLY","CHAPTER 59 DEPOSITIONS AND WITNESSES","SUBCHAPTER C RENDITION OF PRISONERS AS WITNESSES IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=42\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=59\u0026sctn=77\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-03 (Statute Update stamp, 42 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:33:14Z","sha256":"bd86b8602aeb48084e18f1daf1fe9f1553ab2bcd2f97b17b040f3e6b8cc75bd4","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5976","next":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5978"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}