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§968 Service of subpena; proof of service

Title 21 › Chapter CHAPTER 13— - DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - IMPORT AND EXPORT › § 968

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

A person named in a subpoena may serve it. Give the subpoena in person to a person, or give it to an officer, managing/general agent, or any agent authorized to accept service for a company, partnership, or similar group. The server must write a sworn statement on a true copy of the subpoena as proof of service.

Full Legal Text

Title 21, §968

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A subpena of the Secretary of the Treasury 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, 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.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 which comprises this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 1035 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877. Section was also formerly classified to section 198b of this title.

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21 U.S.C. § 968

Title 21Food and Drugs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73