                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUBPOENAS (§ 54.1-4408)

In addition to the authority granted in § 2.2-4022 to issue subpoenas and the
right to issue subpoenas granted the Board, the Executive Director or a
designated subordinate shall have the right to make an ex parte application to
the circuit court for the city or county where evidence sought is kept or where
a person or firm does business, for the issuance of a subpoena for the
production of documents. The subpoena shall be requested to further the
investigation of a sworn complaint within the jurisdiction of the Board by
requesting production of any relevant records, documents, or physical or other
evidence of any person or firm regulated by the Board. The court shall be
authorized to issue and compel compliance with the subpoena upon a showing of
reasonable cause. Upon determining that reasonable cause exists to believe that
evidence may be destroyed or altered, the court may issue a subpoena for the
production of documents requiring the immediate production of evidence.

HISTORY: 2001, c. 832; 2007, c. 804.