Title 21, Food and DrugsRelease 119-102
§968 Service of Subpena; Proof of Service
Title 21 › CHAPTER 13 — DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › SUBCHAPTER II — IMPORT AND EXPORT › § 968
Summary
A person named on a Treasury subpoena can serve it by giving it to the individual or by delivering it to an officer or other authorized agent of a company. A sworn statement written on a true copy by the person who served it proves it was served.
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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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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 21, Food and Drugs
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102