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The court shall order such person to appear before it at a specified time and place and show cause why he had not attended or testified or produced the writings or things as required. A copy of the order shall be served upon him. If it appears to the court that the subpoena was regularly issued, the court shall order such person to appear before the Commission at the time and place fixed in the order and testify or produce the required writings or things. Upon failure to obey the order, such person shall be dealt with by such court as for contempt of court.\n\t\tAll process in any such case may be served in the manner prescribed by law for service of process in civil actions.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":238528,"text":"If any person refuses to attend or testify or produce any writings or things required by any such subpoena, the Commission may petition any court of record in the Commonwealth for an order compelling such person to attend and testify or produce the writings or things required by the subpoena before the Commission. The court shall order such person to appear before it at a specified time and place and show cause why he had not attended or testified or produced the writings or things as required. A copy of the order shall be served upon him. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63579,"section_number":"17.1-913","catch_line":"Confidentiality of papers and proceedings; exception","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-913\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":164095,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65622,"identifier":"17.1-909","token":"17.1\/9\/17.1-909","url":"\/17.1-909\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-909\/","token":"17.1\/9\/17.1-909","dublin_core":{"Title":"Order compelling witness to attend and testify","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-909","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any person refuses to attend or testify or produce any writings or things required by any such subpoena<\/span>, the Commission<\/span> may petition<\/span> any court of record in the Commonwealth for an order<\/span> compelling such person to attend and testify or produce the writings or things required by the subpoena<\/span> before the Commission<\/span>. The court shall order<\/span> such person to appear before it at a specified time and place and show cause why he had not attended or testified or produced the writings or things as required. A copy of the order<\/span> shall be served upon him. If it appears to the court that the subpoena<\/span> was regularly issued, the court shall order<\/span> such person to appear before the Commission<\/span> at the time and place fixed in the order<\/span> and testify or produce the required writings or things. Upon failure to obey the order<\/span>, such person shall be dealt with by such court as for contempt of court<\/span>.\n\t\tAll process in any such case may be served in the manner prescribed by law<\/span> for service of process<\/span> in civil actions<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nORDER COMPELLING WITNESS TO ATTEND AND TESTIFY (\u00a7 17.1-909)\n\nIf any person refuses to attend or testify or produce any writings or things\nrequired by any such subpoena, the Commission may petition any court of record\nin the Commonwealth for an order compelling such person to attend and testify or\nproduce the writings or things required by the subpoena before the Commission.\nThe court shall order such person to appear before it at a specified time and\nplace and show cause why he had not attended or testified or produced the\nwritings or things as required. A copy of the order shall be served upon him. If\nit appears to the court that the subpoena was regularly issued, the court shall\norder such person to appear before the Commission at the time and place fixed in\nthe order and testify or produce the required writings or things. Upon failure\nto obey the order, such person shall be dealt with by such court as for contempt\nof court.\n\t\tAll process in any such case may be served in the manner prescribed by law for\nservice of process in civil actions.\n\nHISTORY: 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 154, \u00a7 2.1-37.11; 2001, c. 844.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}