Rule 5224. Subpoena; procedure. (a) Kinds and service of subpoena. Any
or all of the following kinds of subpoenas may be served:

1. a subpoena requiring attendance for the taking of a deposition upon
oral or written questions at a time and place named therein; or

2. a subpoena duces tecum requiring the production of books and papers
for examination at a time and place named therein; or

3. an information subpoena, accompanied by a copy and original of
written questions and a prepaid, addressed return envelope. Service of
an information subpoena may be made by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested. Answers shall be made in writing under oath by
the person upon whom served, if an individual, or by an officer,
director, agent or employee having the information, if a corporation,
partnership or sole proprietorship. Each question shall be answered
separately and fully and each answer shall refer to the question to
which it responds. Answers shall be returned together with the original
of the questions within seven days after receipt. Where the person
serving the subpoena is a judgment creditor, other than where the state,
a municipality or an agency or officer of the state or a municipality is
the judgment creditor, the following additional rules shall apply:

(i) information subpoenas, served on an individual or entity other
than the judgment debtor, may be served on an individual, corporation,
partnership or sole proprietorship only if the judgment creditor or the
judgment creditor's attorney has a reasonable belief that the party
receiving the subpoena has in their possession information about the
debtor that will assist the creditor in collecting his or her judgment.
Any information subpoena served pursuant to this subparagraph shall
contain a certification signed by the judgment creditor or his or her
attorney stating the following: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS INFORMATION
SUBPOENA COMPLIES WITH RULE 5224 OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES AND
SECTION 601 OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW THAT I HAVE A REASONABLE BELIEF
THAT THE PARTY RECEIVING THIS SUBPOENA HAS IN THEIR POSSESSION
INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEBTOR THAT WILL ASSIST THE CREDITOR IN COLLECTING
THE JUDGMENT. By signing the certification, the judgment creditor or
attorney certifies that, to the best of that person's knowledge,
information and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the
circumstances, that the individual or entity receiving the subpoena has
relevant information about the debtor.

(ii) if an information subpoena, served on an individual or entity
other than the judgment debtor, does not contain the certification
provided for in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, such subpoena shall
be deemed null and void.

(iii) if an information subpoena, served on an individual or entity
other than the judgment debtor, does contain the certification provided
for in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the individual, corporation,
partnership or sole proprietorship receiving the subpoena, may move to
quash the subpoena pursuant to section twenty-three hundred four of this
chapter, except that such motion shall be made in the court that issued
the underlying judgment.

(iv) failure to comply with an information subpoena shall be governed
by subdivision (b) of section twenty-three hundred eight of this
chapter, except that such motion shall be made in the court that issued
the underlying judgment.

4. an information subpoena in the form of magnetic tape or other
electronic means. Where the person to be served consents thereto in
writing, an information subpoena in the form of magnetic tape or
electronic means, as defined in subdivision (f) of rule twenty-one
hundred three of this chapter, may be served upon the individual, or if
a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or sole
proprietorship, upon the officer, director, agent or employee having the
information. Answers shall be provided within seven days.

(a-1) Scope of subpoena duces tecum. A subpoena duces tecum authorized
by this rule and served on a judgment debtor, or on any individual while
in the state, or on a corporation, partnership, limited liability
company or sole proprietorship doing business, licensed, qualified, or
otherwise entitled to do business in the state, shall subject the person
or other entity or business served to the full disclosure prescribed by
section fifty-two hundred twenty-three of this article whether the
materials sought are in the possession, custody or control of the
subpoenaed person, business or other entity within or without the state.
Section fifty-two hundred twenty-nine of this article shall also apply
to disclosure under this rule.

(b) Fees. A judgment debtor served with a subpoena under this section
and any other person served with an information subpoena shall not be
entitled to any fee. Any other person served with a subpoena requiring
attendance or the production of books and papers shall be paid or
tendered in advance authorized traveling expenses and one day's witness
fee.

(c) Time and place of examination. A deposition on oral or written
questions or an examination of books and papers may proceed upon not
less than ten days' notice to the person subpoenaed, unless the court
orders shorter notice, before any person authorized by subdivision (a)
of rule 3113. An examination shall be held during business hours and, if
taken within the state, at a place specified in rule 3110. Upon consent
of the witness, an examination may be held at any other place within the
state and before any officer authorized to administer an oath.

(d) Conduct of examination. The officer before whom the deposition is
to be taken shall put the witness on oath. If requested by the person
conducting the examination, the officer shall personally, or by some one
acting under his direction, record and transcribe the testimony and
shall list all appearances by the parties and attorneys. Examination and
cross-examination of the witness shall proceed as permitted in the trial
of actions in open court. Cross-examination need not be limited to the
subject matter of the examination in chief. All objections made at the
time of the examination to the qualifications of the officer taking the
deposition, or of a person recording it, or to the manner of taking it,
or to the testimony presented, or to the conduct of any person, and any
other objection to the proceedings, shall be noted by the officer upon
the deposition and the deposition shall proceed subject to the right of
a person to apply for a protective order. The deposition shall be taken
continuously and without unreasonable adjournment, unless the court
orders or the witness agrees otherwise. If the witness does not
understand the English language, the judgment creditor shall, at his own
expense, provide a translation of all questions and answers. Unless the
court orders otherwise, a person other than the judgment debtor served
with a subpoena duces tecum requiring the production of books of account
may produce in place of the original books of account a sworn transcript
of such accounts as are relevant.

(e) Signing deposition; physical preparation. At the request of the
person conducting the examination, a deposition on written questions or
a deposition on oral questions which has been transcribed shall be
submitted to the witness and shall be read to or by him, and any changes
in form or substance which the witness desires to make shall be entered
upon the deposition with a statement of the reasons given by the witness
for making them; and the deposition shall then be signed by the witness
before any officer authorized to administer an oath. If the witness
fails to sign the deposition, the officer before whom the deposition was
taken shall sign it and state on the record the fact of the witness's
failure or refusal to sign together with any reason given. The
deposition may then be used as fully as though signed. Where testimony
is transcribed, the officer before whom the deposition was taken shall
certify on the deposition that the witness was duly sworn by him and
that the deposition is a true record of the testimony given by the
witness.

(f) Subsequent examination. Leave of court is required to compel a
judgment debtor to appear for the taking of his deposition or to compel
the production by him of books and papers within one year after the
conclusion of a previous examination of him with respect to the same
judgment.