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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 581 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. Unfortunately, the 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2000, chapter 64<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":172437,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55626,"identifier":"2.2-521","token":"2.2\/I\/B\/5\/4\/2.2-521","url":"\/2.2-521\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-521\/","token":"2.2\/I\/B\/5\/4\/2.2-521","dublin_core":{"Title":"Procedure for issuance of subpoena duces tecum","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-521","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever the Attorney General<\/span> has reasonable cause to believe that any person has engaged in or is engaging in any unlawful discriminatory practice, he may apply to the judge<\/span> of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the jurisdiction<\/span> in which the respondent resides or is doing business for a subpoena duces tecum<\/span> against any person refusing to produce such data and information. The judge<\/span> of the court<\/span>, upon good cause shown, may cause the subpoena to be issued. Any person failing to comply with such subpoena shall be subject to punishment for contempt<\/span> by the court<\/span> issuing the subpoena. For purposes of this section, “person” includes any individual, partnership, corporation, association, legal representative, mutual company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, employee, employer, employment agency, labor organization, joint labor-management committee, or an agent thereof.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCEDURE FOR ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM (\u00a7 2.2-521)\n\nWhenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person\nhas engaged in or is engaging in any unlawful discriminatory practice, he may\napply to the judge of the circuit court of the jurisdiction in which the\nrespondent resides or is doing business for a subpoena duces tecum against any\nperson refusing to produce such data and information. The judge of the court,\nupon good cause shown, may cause the subpoena to be issued. Any person failing\nto comply with such subpoena shall be subject to punishment for contempt by the\ncourt issuing the subpoena. For purposes of this section, “person”\nincludes any individual, partnership, corporation, association, legal\nrepresentative, mutual company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated\norganization, employee, employer, employment agency, labor organization, joint\nlabor-management committee, or an agent thereof.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 581, \u00a7 2.1-721; 2000, c. 64; 2001, c. 844, \u00a7 2.2-2635; 2012,\ncc. 803, 835.","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}}