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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377299</law_id><section_number>8.01-412.9</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="27" identifier="14">Evidence</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="6.2">Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For purposes of this article, unless the context requires otherwise:<br/><br/>		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Foreign jurisdiction</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">state</span> other than the Commonwealth.<br/><br/>		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Foreign subpoena</span>&#x201D; means a subpoena issued under authority of a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of record of a <span class="dictionary">foreign jurisdiction</span>.<br/><br/>		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Person</span>&#x201D; means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.<br/><br/>		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">State</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">state</span> of the United <span class="dictionary">States</span>, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United <span class="dictionary">States</span> Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular <span class="dictionary">possession</span> subject to the jurisdiction of the United <span class="dictionary">States</span>.<br/><br/>		&#x201C;Subpoena&#x201D; means a document, however denominated, issued under the authority of a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of record requiring a <span class="dictionary">person</span> to:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Attend and give <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> at a <span class="dictionary">deposition</span>; <a id="paragraph-1408054" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-412.9/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Produce and permit inspection and copying of designated books, documents, records, electronically stored information, or tangible things in the <span class="dictionary">possession</span>, <span class="dictionary">custody</span>, or control of the <span class="dictionary">person</span>; or <a id="paragraph-1408055" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-412.9/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Permit inspection of premises under the control of the <span class="dictionary">person</span>. <a id="paragraph-1408056" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-412.9/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2009, c. 701.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
