21 U.S.C. § 876 : US Code - Section 876: Subpenas

Search 21 U.S.C. § 876 : US Code - Section 876: Subpenas

(a) Authorization of use by Attorney General
In any investigation relating to his functions under this
subchapter with respect to controlled substances, listed chemicals,
tableting machines, or encapsulating machines, the Attorney General
may subpena witnesses, compel the attendance and testimony of
witnesses, and require the production of any records (including
books, papers, documents, and other tangible things which
constitute or contain evidence) which the Attorney General finds
relevant or material to the investigation. The attendance of
witnesses and the production of records may be required from any
place in any State or in any territory or other place subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States at any designated place of
hearing; except that a witness shall not be required to appear at
any hearing more than 500 miles distant from the place where he was
served with a subpena. Witnesses summoned under this section shall
be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the
courts of the United States.
(b) Service
A subpena issued under this section may be served by any person
designated in the subpena to serve it. Service upon a natural
person may be made by personal delivery of the subpena to him.
Service may be made upon a domestic or foreign corporation or upon
a partnership or other unincorporated association which is subject
to suit under a common name, by delivering the subpena to an
officer, to a managing or general agent, or to any other agent
authorized by appointment or by law to receive service of process.
The affidavit of the person serving the subpena entered on a true
copy thereof by the person serving it shall be proof of service.
(c) Enforcement
In the case of contumacy by or refusal to obey a subpena issued
to any person, the Attorney General may invoke the aid of any court
of the United States within the jurisdiction of which the
investigation is carried on or of which the subpenaed person is an
inhabitant, or in which he carries on business or may be found, to
compel compliance with the subpena. The court may issue an order
requiring the subpenaed person to appear before the Attorney
General to produce records, if so ordered, or to give testimony
touching the matter under investigation. Any failure to obey the
order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt
thereof. All process in any such case may be served in any judicial
district in which such person may be found.