28 USC § 1785 - Subpoenas in multiparty, multiforum actions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s1785"
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title: "28 USC § 1785 - Subpoenas in multiparty, multiforum actions"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1785"
section_name: "Subpoenas in multiparty, multiforum actions"
chapter_number: 117
chapter_name: "EVIDENCE; DEPOSITIONS"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "PROCEDURE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11020(b)(4)(B)(i), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1828.)"
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# § 1785. Subpoenas in multiparty, multiforum actions

section 1369 of this title

When the jurisdiction of the district court is based in whole or in part upon , a subpoena for attendance at a hearing or trial may, if authorized by the court upon motion for good cause shown, and upon such terms and conditions as the court may impose, be served at any place within the United States, or anywhere outside the United States if otherwise permitted by law.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11020(b)(4)(B)(i), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1828.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1785, , , provided a privilege against self-incrimination on examination under letters rogatory, prior to repeal by , , . See .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section applicable to a civil action if the accident giving rise to the cause of action occurred on or after the 90th day after , see , set out as a note under .