Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE: SUBPOENA – COURT APPEARANCE NO: B-800
APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED:
February 1, 1996 03/30/2020 09/20/2013 03/30/2020
POLICY
This policy is intended to facilitate the process of subpoena service and scheduling of Sheriff’s
Office personnel for giving testimony in matters pending before the courts. Nothing in this
policy will be construed as relieving employees of any responsibility required by law or as
superseding any specific instructions given in the text of the subpoena.
The Sheriff’s Office has one (1) Subpoena Coordinator, who can be reached at 391-7572.
Subpoenas delivered to the Sheriff’s Office for service upon Sheriff’s Office personnel will be
directed to the Subpoena Coordinator. The Subpoena Coordinator is designated as an agent of
each employee for purposes of receiving and accepting subpoenas.