[District Court Civil Rule 1-045]

STATE OF NEW MEXICO
COUNTY OF ____________________ No.____________
__________________ JUDICIAL DISTRICT

_____________________________, Plaintiff

v.

_____________________________, Defendant

SUBPOENA FOR
[ ]    DOCUMENTS OR OBJECTS2
[ ]    INSPECTION OF PREMISES2

TO:    _____________________________________________________

YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED ON:
DATE:    _____________ , _____ TIME: _______ (a.m.) (p.m.)

TO:

[ ]    permit inspection of the following described books, papers, documents or tangible things:
    ______________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________
    at ____________________________________ (address).

[ ]    permit the inspection of the premises located at:
    ________________________________ (address).

ABSENT A COURT ORDER, THE ABOVE DATE SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN FIFTEEN (15) DAYS FROM THE DATE YOU RECEIVED THIS SUBPOENA. UNLESS ORDERED BY THE COURT, DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUBPOENA BEFORE THAT DATE.

DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUBPOENA FOR PRODUCTION OR INSPECTION IF YOU ARE SERVED WITH WRITTEN OBJECTIONS OR A MOTION TO QUASH UNTIL YOU RECEIVE A COURT ORDER REQUIRING A RESPONSE.

You may comply with this subpoena for production or inspection by providing legible copies of the items requested to be produced by mail or delivery to the attorney whose name appears on this subpoena. You may condition the preparation of the copies upon the payment in advance of the reasonable cost of inspection and copying. You have the right to object

to the production pursuant to this subpoena as provided below.

READ THE SECTION "DUTIES IN RESPONDING TO SUBPOENA".

IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY WITH THIS SUBPOENA you may be held in contempt of court and punished by fine or imprisonment.

__________________________, _____.

                     __________________________
                    Judge, clerk or attorney

    I certify that on the _____ day of _________________, ______, in __________________ County, I served this subpoena on ______________________________ by delivering to the person named a copy of the subpoena and a fee of $______________ (insert the amount of fee tendered or, if no fee is tendered, "none")3.

                    ____________________________________
                    Deputy sheriff

    I, being duly sworn, on oath say that I am over the age of eighteen (18) years and not a party to this lawsuit, and that on the _____ day of _______________________ , ______, in ________________ County, I served this subpoena on _________________ by delivering to the person named a copy of the subpoena (insert the amount of fee tendered or, if no fee is tendered, "none")3.

                ______________________________________
Person making service

    SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this _____ day of ____________________________, ______ (date).

                _________________________________
                Judge, notary or other officer
                authorized to administer oaths

THIS SUBPOENA issued by or at request of:

________________________________
Name of attorney of party

________________________________
Address

________________________________
Telephone

    1.    This subpoena must be served on each party in the manner provided by Rule 1-005 NMRA. If service is by a party, an affidavit of service must be used instead of a certificate of service.

    2.    A person commanded to produce and permit inspection and copying of designated books, papers, documents or tangible things, or inspection of premises need not appear in person at the place of production or inspection unless commanded to appear for deposition, hearing or trial.

    3.    If a person's attendance is commanded one full day's per diem must be tendered with the subpoena, unless the subpoena is issued on behalf of the state or an officer or agency thereof. Mileage must also be tendered at the time of service of the subpoena as provided by the Per Diem and Mileage Act. See Section 38-6-4 NMSA 1978 for per diem and mileage for witnesses. See Paragraph A of Section 10-8-4 NMSA 1978 for per diem and mileage rates for nonsalaried public officers. Payment of per diem and mileage for subpoenas issued by the state is made pursuant to regulations of the Administrative Office of the Courts. See Section 34-9-11 NMSA 1978 for payments from the jury and witness fee fund.

    A party or an attorney responsible for the issuance and service of a subpoena shall take reasonable steps to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to that subpoena. The court on behalf of which the subpoena was issued shall enforce this duty and impose upon the party or attorney in breach of this duty an appropriate sanction, which may include, but is not limited to, lost earnings and a reasonable attorney's fee.

    A person commanded to produce and permit inspection and

copying of designated books, papers, documents or tangible things, or inspection of premises need not appear in person at the place of production or inspection unless commanded to appear for deposition, hearing or trial.

    Subject to Subparagraph (2) of Paragraph D below, a person commanded to produce and permit inspection and copying may, within fourteen (14) days after service of the subpoena or before the time specified for compliance if such time is less than fourteen (14) days after service, serve upon the party or attorney designated in the subpoena written objection to inspection or copying of any or all of the designated materials or of the premises or within fourteen (14) days after service of the subpoena may file a motion to quash the subpoena and serve the motion on all parties to the action. If an objection is served or a motion to quash is filed and served on the parties, the party serving the subpoena shall not be entitled to inspect and copy the materials or inspect the premises except pursuant to an order of the court by which the subpoena was issued. If objection has been made, the party serving the subpoena may, upon notice to the person commanded to produce, move at any time for an order to compel the production. Such an order to compel production shall protect any person who is not a party or an officer of a party from significant expense resulting from the inspection and copying commanded.

    On timely motion, the court by which a subpoena was issued shall quash or modify the subpoena if it:

    (1)    fails to allow reasonable time for compliance,

    (2)    requires a person who is not a party or an officer of a party to travel to a place more than one hundred miles from the place where that person resides, is employed or regularly transacts business in person, except as provided below, such a person may in order to attend trial be commanded to travel from any such place within the state in which the trial is held, or

    (3)    requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter and no exception or waiver applies, or

    (4)    subjects a person to undue burden.

    If a subpoena:

    (1)    requires disclosure of a trade secret or other confidential research, development, or commercial information, or

    (2)    requires disclosure of an unretained expert's opinion or information not describing specific events or occurrences in dispute and resulting from the expert's study made not at the request of any party, or

    (3)    requires a person who is not a party or an officer of a party to incur substantial expense to travel,

    the court may, to protect a person subject to or affected by the subpoena, quash or modify the subpoena or, if the party in whose behalf the subpoena is issued shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be otherwise met without undue hardship and assures that the person to whom the subpoena is addressed will be reasonably compensated, the court may order appearance or production only upon specified conditions.

    (1)    A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents shall produce them as they are kept in the usual course of business or shall organize and label them to correspond with the categories in the demand.

    (2)    When information subject to a subpoena is withheld on a claim that it is privileged or subject to protection as trial preparation materials, the claim shall be made expressly and shall be supported by a description of the nature of the documents, communications, or things not produced that is sufficient to enable the demanding party to contest the claim.

    (3)    A person commanded to produce documents or material or to permit the inspection of premises shall not produce the documents or materials or permit the inspection of the premises if a written objection is served or a motion to quash has been filed with the court until a court order requires their production or inspection.

[Adopted, effective November 1, 2002.]