                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUBPOENA ISSUED PURSUANT TO LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION (§ 54.1-3938.1)

Whenever a subpoena is sought in this Commonwealth pursuant to the laws of
another jurisdiction for use in lawyer discipline or disability proceedings, and
where the request for the subpoena has been duly approved under the laws of the
other jurisdiction, the chair or a vice-chair of the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board, upon receiving an application from Bar Counsel, may issue a
subpoena as provided in this section to compel the attendance of witnesses and
production of documents in the county or city in the Commonwealth where the
witness resides or is employed or elsewhere as agreed by the witness. The
circuit courts shall have the power to enforce a subpoena issued pursuant to
this section and to adjudge disobedience thereof as contempt. The privilege
extended by this section shall be available only to those jurisdictions that
extend a similar privilege for disciplinary proceedings in this Commonwealth.

HISTORY: 2000, cc. 24, 188.