PART 4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 1855-2107›TITLE 3. OF THE PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE 1985-2015.6›CHAPTER 2. Means of Production 1985-1997
§ 1988
California Code of Civil Procedure · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California
If a witness is concealed in a building or vessel, so as to prevent the service of subpoena upon him, any Court or Judge, or any officer issuing the subpoena, may, upon proof by affidavit of the concealment, and of the materiality of the witness, make an order that the Sheriff of the county serve the subpoena; and the Sheriff must serve it accordingly, and for that purpose may break into the building or vessel where the witness is concealed.
(Enacted 1872.)
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