Return of Service
Date and time you must come to court
Time
. m.
SUBPOENA - CIVIL/HOUSING/SMALL CLAIMS/FAMILY/
FAMILY SUPPORT MAGISTRATE/CRIMINAL/MOTOR VEHICLE
JD-CL-43 Rev. 10-19
C.G.S. §§ 52-143, 52-144; P.B. §§ 7-19, 24-22
The court can impose penalties for
not complying with this subpoena
Signed (Clerk, Commissioner of Superior Court)
If you do not come to court on the date and time stated, or on the date and time which your appearance may have been
postponed or continued to by order of the court, the court may order your arrest. Also, if one day's witness fees have been
paid to you and you do not come to court and testify, without reasonable excuse, you will be fined up to $25.00 and required
to pay all damages to the aggrieved party. The party requesting the subpoena is responsible for paying the witness
fees.
Questions about this subpoena must be directed to the person who requested it.
Total
Date
Copy
Housing
Session
Judicial
District
Geographical
Area
Report to
To any proper officer or indifferent person to serve and return:
By Authority of the State of Connecticut, you are required to come to the court at the Address of Court above on the Date
and Time indicated above, or on a later date (within 60 days of the Date indicated above) when the case will be tried. You
must testify about what you know of the case.
You are further required to bring with you and produce:
Notice to the Person Summoned
Attest (Signature of proper officer or indifferent person) Title (If applicable)
Fees
I served this subpoena eighteen hours or more before the time designated for the person
summoned to appear. I read this subpoena to the summoned person and left a true and attested
copy of it in the hands/at the last usual place of abode of the summoned person as follows:
Endorsement Service Travel
Distribution: Original - Return to clerk after making service Copy 1 - Witness Copy 2 - Court file
Instructions:
1. Do not use this subpoena if the witness is being summoned by the state, or the following people, acting in their
official capacity: Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, Public Defender, or Assistant Public Defender.
2. The person being subpoenaed and the items that person is required to bring must be identical to the name and
item(s) ordered on the Application for Issuance of Subpoena, form JD-CL-136 (if applicable).
Name of Case (Full name of Plaintiff v. Full name of Defendant)
Docket Number
Address of Court (Number, street, town and zip code)
To: (Name and address)
Clerk's office
Courtroom number
Person requesting subpoena
Name of person requesting subpoena
Phone number (with area code)
Print or type name Date At
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
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