CONNECTICUT RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Introduction
In the state of Connecticut, no license is required. However, all
process service shall be directed to a sheriff, his/her deputy, a constable, or
other proper officer authorized by statute.
Or, subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, to an
indifferent person. A direction or
letter of instruction should be included with the process. To any proper officer" shall be
sufficient to direct the process to a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable or
other proper official officer.
Rules
Time for service
Return of process
Return day of process
Service and return day of process in Circuit Court
Persons to who process shall be directed
Service of summons
Manner of service upon individuals, municipalities,
corporations, partnerships and voluntary associations
Service of process without state upon persons
domiciled or subject to jurisdiction of courts in state
Jurisdiction of courts over nonresidents and
foreign partnerships
Service upon nonresident attaching creditor
Service of process outside country to be in
accordance with treaty or convention or court order
Judge of probate attorney for nonresident fiduciary
Service upon nonresident fiduciaries
Service upon nonresident in action for
negligent operation of motor vehicle
Service upon motor vehicle operator or owner not found
at his recorded address.
Subpoenas for witnesses; Penalty for failure
to appear and testify
TIME FOR
SERVICE
Civil process, if
returnable to the Supreme Court, shall be served at least thirty days,
inclusive, before the day of the sitting of the court, and, if returnable to
the Superior Court, at least twelve days, inclusive, before such day.
-------------------Sec. 52-46a.
RETURN
OF PROCESS
Process in civil
actions returnable to the Supreme Court shall be returned to its clerk at least
twenty days before the return day and, if returnable to the Superior Court,
except process in summary process actions and petitions for paternity and
support, to the clerk of such court at least six days before the return day.
---------------------------------Sec. 52-48.
RETURN DAY
OF PROCESS REPEALED. ALL PROCESS SHALL BE MADE RETURNABLE NOT LATER THAN TWO
MONTHS
After the date of
the process and shall designate the place where court is to be held. (1949
Rev., S. 7768; 1949, S. 3146d; 1967, P.A. 742, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 293, S. 1; P.A.
74-183, S. 80, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 124, 681; P.A. 82-160, S. 9.) History: 1967
act added alternative of process being returnable on twelfth day following day
of service and extended mandatory return date from "next but one"
return day to "next but two" in first sentence, extended requirement
place where court is to be held be designated where court is in New Haven
county to all counties, and deleted provision that time within which pleadings
be filed commence to run from first Tuesday of September following return day;
1969 act amended provisions re return of process to allow return in civil
actions on any Tuesday rather than on twelfth day following day of service or
on first Tuesday in any month and to require return not later than two months
after date of process rather than on next return day or "next but
two" and to delete provision which prohibited abatement of process in
civil action because the term of the court was not stated in the process; P.A.
74-183 made special separate provision for return day in summary process
actions, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 removed court of common pleas
from purview of section reflecting transfer of all trial jurisdiction to
superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 82-160 rephrased section and
inserted Subsec. indicators. Appeal from probate is an "action" under
this section. 63 C. 413; 76 C. 285. The right to begin a civil action at any
time, which has always existed in this state, is not to be destroyed by
statutory implication. 73 C. 229. Cited. Id., 562. Return day cannot be changed
before service without reissuing writ. 74 C. 38. Meaning of phrase "to
which it can be made returnable" as applied to appeal. 83 C. 677. Correction
of mistake as to return day of probate appeal before service. 91 C. 110. Not
applicable to motion to supreme court for order requiring trial court to make
finding. 95 C. 691. Cited. 122 C. 153; 134 C. 605; 154 C. 416. Cited. 165 C.
435, 438. Cited. 165 C. 435, 440. Cited. 178 C. 472, 477. Cited. 227 C. 848,
851, 853. Cited. 229 C. 618, 620. Cited. 232 C. 392, 399. Cited. 233 C. 352,
354. Cited. 4 CA 209, 214. Cited. 27 CA 590, 594. Cited. 31 CA 793, 795;
judgment reversed, see 229 C. 618 et seq. Cited. 32 CA 335, 339. Cited. 33 CA
6, 8. Remedy for failure to return secondary process. 15 CS 307. Appeal from
probate is a civil action within meaning of this section. 18 CS 480. Amendment
allowed where writ for personal injuries served within one year of injury inadvertently
designated a return day less than twelve days from date of service. 20 CS 160.
To allow motion to amend return day of writ to an earlier date would nullify
sections 52-46 and 52-47. 28 CS 489, 492, 493. Cited. 29 CS 519. Subsec. (a):
Cited. 40 CS 243. Subsec. (b): Cited. 207 C. 547, 548, 554, 555. Cited. 236 C.
330, 339, 340. Cited. 36 CA 635, 640; judgment reversed, see 236 C. 330 et
seq.---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec. 52-49.
SERVICE
AND RETURN DAY OF PROCESS IN CIRCUIT COURT
Appeals from
administrative officers, when returnable. Repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7770; 1959,
P.A. 28, S. 38, 106; 1961, P.A. 14; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 86; 1969, P.A. 494; P.A.
74-183, S. 81, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 125, 681; P.A. 88-317, S. 28, 107; P.A.
89-174, S.7.) Cited. 25 Conn. Sup. 512. Summary process actin will not be
abated for failure to file with clerk three days before return day. 2 Conn.
Cir. Ct. 109. Where additional parties were cited in as parties defendant, the
moving papers served on them did not constitute a new civil action process in
which would be subject to provisions of this section. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 321.
--------------------- 52-50.
PERSONS
TO WHOM PROCESS SHALL BE DIRECTED
1.
All process shall
be directed to a sheriff, his deputy, a constable or other proper officer
authorized by statute, or, subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this
section, to an indifferent person. A direction on the process "to any
proper officer" shall be sufficient to direct the process to a sheriff,
deputy sheriff, constable or other proper officer.
2.
Process shall not
be directed to an indifferent person unless more defendants than one are named
in the process and are described to reside in different counties in the state,
or unless, in case of a writ of attachment, the plaintiff or one of the
plaintiffs, or his or their agent or attorney, makes oath before the authority
signing the writ that the affiant truly believes the plaintiff is in danger of
losing his debt or demand unless an indifferent person is deputed for the
immediate service of the writ or other process. The authority signing the writ
shall certify on the writ that he administered the oath and insert in the writ the
name of the person to whom it is directed, but he need not insert the reason
for such direction. Any process directed to an indifferent person by reason of
such an affidavit shall be abatable on proof that the party making the
affidavit did not have reasonable grounds, at the time of making it, for
believing the statements in the affidavit to be true.
3.
Service of motions
for modification, motions for contempt and wage withholdings in any matter
involving a beneficiary of care or assistance from the state and in other IV-D
child support cases may be made by any investigator employed by the
Commissioner of Administrative Services or the Commissioner of Social Services.
4.
Service of motions
for modification, motions for contempt and wage withholdings in any matter
involving child support including, but not limited to, petitions for support
authorized under sections 17b-748 and 46b-215, and those matters involving a
beneficiary of care or assistance from the state may be made by a support
enforcement officer or support services investigator of the Superior Court. 5. Borough bailiffs may, within their respective
boroughs, execute all legal process which sheriffs or constables may execute.
----------------Sec. 52-54.
SERVICE
OF SUMMONS
The service of a
writ of summons shall be made by the officer reading it and the complaint
accompanying it in the hearing of the defendant or by leaving an attested copy
thereof with him or at his usual place of abode. When service is made by
leaving an attested copy at the defendant's usual place of abode, the officer
making service shall note in his return the address at which such attested copy
was left. ------------------------------Sec. 52-57.
MANNER
OF SERVICE UPON INDIVIDUALS, MUNICIPALITIES, CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS AND
VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS
1.
Except as
otherwise provided, process in any civil action shall be served by leaving a
true and attested copy of it, including the declaration or complaint, with the
defendant, or at his usual place of abode, in this state.
2.
Process in civil
actions against the following-described classes of defendants shall be served
as follows:
a.
Against a town,
upon its clerk, assistant clerk, manager or one of its selectmen;
b.
against a city,
upon its clerk or assistant clerk or upon its mayor or manager;
c.
against a borough,
upon its manager, clerk or assistant clerk or upon the warden or one of its
burgesses;
d.
against a school
district, upon its clerk or one of its committee; and e. against other municipal or quasi-municipal corporations, upon
its clerk or upon its chief presiding officer or managing agent.
3.
In actions against
a private corporation, service of process shall be made either upon the
president, the vice president, an assistant vice president, the secretary, the
assistant secretary, the treasurer, the assistant treasurer, the cashier, the
assistant cashier, the teller or the assistant teller or its general or
managing agent or manager or upon any director resident in this state, or the
person in charge of the business of the corporation or upon any person who is
at the time of service in charge of the office of the corporation in the town
in which its principal office or place of business is located. In actions
against a private corporation established under the laws of any other state, any
foreign country or the United States, service of process may be made upon any
of the aforesaid officers or agents, or upon the agent of the corporation
appointed pursuant to section 33-922.
4.
In actions against
a partnership, service of process may be made by personally serving any process
within the state upon any one of the partners or, if none of the partners are
residents of the state, service may be made upon the Secretary of the State;
provided, prior to the return date, the officer serving the writ shall mail a
copy of the writ and the complaint by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, to the last-known address of every partner named in the writ
not personally served. A statement of such mailing and receipt therefor shall
be included in the officer's return.
5.
In actions against
a voluntary association, service of process may be made upon the presiding
officer, secretary or treasurer. If all of such officers are not residents of
the state and the voluntary association is doing business, acting or carrying
out its operations or its functions within the state, the voluntary association
shall be deemed to have appointed the Secretary of the State as its attorney
and to have agreed that any process in any civil action brought against it may
be served upon the secretary of the state and that the process shall have the
same validity as if served personally upon the presiding officer, secretary or
treasurer of the voluntary association. The process shall be served by any
officer to whom the process is directed upon the Secretary of the State by
leaving with, or at the office of, the secretary of the state, at least twelve
days before the return day of the process, a true and attested copy thereof,
and by sending to the defendant at its last-known address by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, a like true and attested copy with an
endorsement thereon of the service upon the Secretary of the State. The officer
serving the process upon the secretary of the state shall leave with the Secretary
of the State, at the time of service, a fee of twenty-five dollars, which fee
shall be taxed in favor of the plaintiff in his costs if he prevails in the
action. The Secretary of the State shall keep a record of each such process and
the day and hour of service.
6.
When the other
methods of service of process provided under this section or otherwise provided
by law cannot be effected, in actions concerning the establishment, enforcement
or modification of child support orders other than actions for dissolution of
marriage, including, but not limited to, such actions under sections 17b-19,
17b-63 to 17b-65, inclusive, 17b-115 to 17b-138, inclusive, 17b-220 to 17b-250,
inclusive, 17b-256, 17b-259, 17b-263, 17b-287, 17b-340 to 17b-350, inclusive,
17b-689 to 17b-693, inclusive, and 17b-743 to 17b-747, inclusive, and chapters
815, 815o, 815t, 815y and 816, and actions to implement garnishments for
support under section 52-362, service of process may be made upon a party to
the action by one of the following methods, provided proof of receipt of such
process by such party is presented to the court in accordance with rules
promulgated by the judges of the Superior Court:
a.
By certified mail
to a party to the action addressed to the employer of such party. Any service
of process so sent shall include on the outside envelope the words "To be
delivered to the employee in accordance with subsection (f) of section
52-57". The employer shall accept any such service of process sent by
certified mail and promptly deliver such certified mail to the employee; or
b.
When a party to an
action under this subsection is employed by an employer with fifteen or more
employees, by personal service upon an official of the employer designated as
an agent to accept service of process in actions brought under this subsection.
Every employer with fifteen or more employees doing business in this state
shall designate an official to accept service of process for employees who are
parties to such actions. The person so served shall promptly deliver such
process to the employee. -------------------Sec. 52-57a.
SERVICE
OF PROCESS WITHOUT STATE UPON PERSONS DOMICILED OR SUBJECT TO JURISDICTION OF
COURTS IN STATE
A person domiciled
in or subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state or his executor
or administrator, may be served with process without the state, in the same
manner as service is made within the state, by any person authorized to make
service by the laws of the state, territory, possession or country in which
service is to be made or by any duly qualified attorney, solicitor, barrister
or equivalent in such jurisdiction. -------------------Sec. 52-59b.
JURISDICTION
OF COURTS OVER NONRESIDENTS AND FOREIGN PARTNERSHIPS SERVICE OF PROCESS
1.
As to a cause of
action arising from any of the acts enumerated in this section, a court may
exercise personal jurisdiction over any nonresident individual, or foreign
partnership, or his or its executor or administrator, who in person or through
an agent:
a.
Transacts any
business within the state; or
b.
commits a tortious
act within the state, except as to a cause of action for defamation of
character arising from the act; or
c.
commits a tortious
act outside the state causing injury to person or property within the state,
except as to a cause of action for defamation of character arising from the
act, if he
i.
regularly does or
solicits business, or engages in any other persistent course of conduct, or
derives substantial revenue from goods used or consumed or services rendered,
in the state, or
ii.
expects or should
reasonably expect the act to have consequences in the state and derives
substantial revenue from interstate or international commerce; or
2.
owns, uses or
possesses any real property situated within the state.
a.
Where personal
jurisdiction is based solely upon this section, an appearance does not confer
personal jurisdiction with respect to causes of action not arising from an act
enumerated in this section.
b.
Any nonresident
individual, or foreign partnership, or his or its executor or administrator,
over whom a court may exercise personal jurisdiction, as provided in subsection
(a), shall be deemed to have appointed the Secretary of the State as its
attorney and to have agreed that any process in any civil action brought
against the nonresident individual or foreign partnership, or his or its
executor or administrator, may be served upon the Secretary of the State and
shall have the same validity as if served upon the nonresident individual or
foreign partnership personally. The process shall be served by the officer to
whom the same is directed upon the secretary by leaving with or at the office
of the secretary, at least twelve days before the return day of such process, a
true and attested copy thereof, and by sending to the defendant at his
last-known address, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, a like
true and attested copy with an endorsement thereon of the service upon the
secretary. The officer serving such process upon the secretary shall leave with
the secretary, at the time of service, a fee of twenty-five dollars, which fee
shall be taxed in favor of the plaintiff in his costs if he prevails in any
such action. The Secretary of the State shall keep a record of each such
process and the day and hour of service. -------------------------Sec. 52-59c.
SERVICE
UPON NONRESIDENT ATTACHING CREDITOR
In any action brought to foreclose a mortgage
or judgment, tax or mechanic's lien, the attorney of record for any nonresident
attaching creditor, nonresident judgment lienor or nonresident mortgagee who
has commenced a foreclosure action on such mortgage shall be the agent for
service of process upon the creditor in the foreclosure and further service
shall not be required. Service of process shall be made by the officer to whom
the process is directed upon the attorney by leaving with or at the office of
the attorney, at least twelve days before the return day of the process, a true
and attested copy thereof, and by sending to the defendant at his last-known
address, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, a like true and
attested copy, with an endorsement thereon of the service upon the attorney.
------------------Sec. 52-59d.
SERVICE
OF PROCESS OUTSIDE COUNTRY TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH TREATY OR CONVENTION OR
COURT ORDER
1. Notwithstanding any provision of the
general statutes relating to service of process, civil process shall not be
served outside of the United States of America in violation of any applicable treaty
or convention, including without limitation, the Hague Convention on Service of
Process Abroad. 2. If service of
process cannot be made under the applicable treaty or convention within sixty
days, the Superior Court may, upon application, order service of process upon
such terms as the court deems reasonably calculated to give the defendant
actual notice of the proceedings in sufficient time to enable the defendant to
defend. -----Sec. 52-60.
JUDGE OF
PROBATE ATTORNEY FOR NONRESIDENT FIDUCIARY
1.
No appointment of
a nonresident of this state as an executor, administrator, conservator,
guardian or trustee may take effect until the person so appointed has filed in
the court of probate making the appointment a certificate, acknowledged before
an officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds, appointing the judge of
the court of probate and the judge's successors in office to be his attorney
upon whom all process in any action or proceeding described in section 52-61
and in any garnishment of the estate in the possession of the executor,
administrator, conservator, guardian or trustee may be served.
2.
Such person shall
agree in the certificate that any such process which is served on the judge of
probate shall be of the same force and validity as if served on himself,
subject to the applicable provisions of sections 52-87 and 52-88, and that the
appointment of the judge of probate to be his attorney shall continue in force
as long as any liability remains outstanding against him as a fiduciary and as
long as he has any estate in his possession as a fiduciary.
3.
Copies of the
certificate of appointment, certified by the judge or the clerk of the court of
probate, shall be sufficient evidence of appointment and agreement.
4.
Service upon the
judge of probate as attorney for the nonresident fiduciary shall be sufficient
service upon the nonresident fiduciary, and shall be made by leaving an
attested copy of the process with such judge of probate, who shall forthwith
give notice thereof to such executor, administrator, conservator, guardian or
trustee.
5.
The judge of
probate shall keep a record of all process served upon him which shall show the
day and hour when service was made. -------------------------Sec. 52-61.
SERVICE
UPON NONRESIDENT FIDUCIARIES
Process in civil
actions against a nonresident executor, administrator, conservator, guardian or
trustee, in his representative capacity, or in his individual capacity in any
action founded upon or arising from his acts or omissions as such executor,
administrator, conservator, guardian or trustee, may be served by leaving a
true and attested copy thereof with the judge of probate in the district where
the estate is in settlement; and such judge shall forthwith give notice thereof
to such executor, administrator, conservator, guardian or trustee.
-----------Sec. 52-62.
SERVICE
UPON NONRESIDENT IN ACTION FOR NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE
1.
Any nonresident of
this state who causes a motor vehicle to be used or operated upon any public
highway or elsewhere in this state shall be deemed to have appointed the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as his attorney and to have agreed that any
process in any civil action brought against him on account of any claim for
damages resulting from the alleged negligence of the nonresident or his agent
or servant in the use or operation of any motor vehicle upon any public highway
or elsewhere in this state may be served upon the commissioner and shall have
the same validity as if served upon the nonresident personally.
2.
The death of such
a nonresident, whether before or after the commencement of a civil action,
shall not operate to revoke the appointment by the nonresident of the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as his attorney for service of process. If the
process is served upon the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and a true and
attested copy thereof is sent to the administrator, executor or other legal
representative of the deceased nonresident in accordance with the provisions of
this section, the service shall have the same validity as if made upon the
administrator, executor or legal representative personally.
3.
Process in such a
civil action against a nonresident shall be served by the officer to whom the
process is directed upon the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles by leaving with or
at the office of the commissioner, at least twelve days before the return day
of the process, a true and attested copy thereof, and by sending to the
defendant or his administrator, executor or other legal representative, by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, a like true and attested copy,
with an endorsement thereon of the service upon the commissioner, addressed to
the defendant or representative at his last-known address. The officer serving
the process upon the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall leave with the
commissioner, at the time of service, a fee of five dollars, which fee shall be
taxed in favor of the plaintiff in his costs if he prevails in the action. The
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall keep a record of each such process and the
day and hour of service. 4. For the
purposes of this section, the term "nonresident" includes a person
who is a resident of this state at the time a cause of action arises and who
subsequently moves to another jurisdiction. -----------------------------Sec.
52-63.
SERVICE
UPON MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR OR OWNER NOT FOUND AT HIS RECORDED ADDRESS
1.
Any operator or
owner of a motor vehicle at the time of issuance of his license or registration
shall be deemed to have appointed the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as his
attorney and to have agreed that any process in any civil action against him on
account of any claim for damages resulting from his alleged negligence or the
alleged negligence of his servant or agent in the operation of any motor
vehicle in this state may be served upon the commissioner as provided in this
section and shall have the same validity as if served upon the owner or
operator personally, even though the person sought to be served has left the
state prior to commencement of the action or his present whereabouts is
unknown.
2.
Service of civil
process may be made on a motor vehicle operator licensed under the provisions
of chapter 246 by leaving a true and attested copy of the writ, summons and
complaint at the office of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles at least twelve
days before the return day and by sending such a true and attested copy at
least twelve days before the return day, by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid and return receipt requested, to the defendant at his last
address on file in the Department of Motor Vehicles if (1) it is impossible to
make service of process at the operator's last address on file in the
Department of Motor Vehicles, and (2) the operator has caused injury to the
person or property of another.
3.
Service of civil
process may be made on the owner of a motor vehicle registered under the
provisions of chapter 246 by leaving a true and attested copy of the writ,
summons and complaint at the office of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles at
least twelve days before the return day and by sending such a true and attested
copy at least twelve days before the return day, by registered or certified
mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested, to the defendant at his
last address on file in the Department of Motor Vehicles if (1) it is
impossible to make service of process at the owner's last address on file in
the Department of Motor Vehicles, (2) the owner has loaned or permitted his
motor vehicle to be driven by another, and (3) the motor vehicle has caused
injury to the person or property of another.
4.
If service of
process is made at the office of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles pursuant to
subsection (b) or subsection (c) of this section, the officer making such
service shall certify on the process that he has made a diligent effort to
obtain service at the address of the owner or operator on file in the
Department of Motor Vehicles and has been unable to make such service.
5.
Service of process
pursuant to this section shall be sufficient to confer jurisdiction of any such
action upon the court to which the process is returnable. The court may proceed
to determine the issues in the action and render final judgment but the court
may, in its discretion, require further order of notice to the operator or
owner.6. The officer serving such
process upon the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall leave with the
commissioner, at the time of service, a fee of five dollars, which fee shall be
taxed in favor of the plaintiff in his costs if he prevails in the action. The
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall keep a record of each such process and the
day and hour of service. -----------------------------Sec. 52-143.
SUBPOENAS
FOR WITNESSES, PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR AND TESTIFY
1.
Subpoenas for witnesses
shall be signed by the clerk of the court or a commissioner of the Superior
Court and shall be served by an officer, indifferent person or, in any criminal
case in which a defendant is represented by a public defender or special public
defender, by an investigator of the Division of Public Defender Services. The
subpoena shall be served not less than eighteen hours prior to the time
designated for the person summoned to appear, unless the court orders
otherwise.
2.
Any subpoena
summoning a police officer as a witness may be served upon the chief of police
or any person designated by the chief of police at the appropriate police
station who shall act as the agent of the police officer named in the subpoena.
Service upon the agent shall be deemed to be service upon the police officer.
3.
Any subpoena
summoning a correctional officer as a witness may be served upon a person
designated by the Commissioner of Correction at the correctional facility where
the correctional officer is assigned who shall act as the agent of the
correctional officer named in the subpoena. Service upon the agent shall be
deemed to be service upon the correctional officer.
4.
Subpoenas for
witnesses summoned by the state, including those issued by the Attorney General
or an assistant attorney general, or by any public defender or assistant public
defender acting in his official capacity may contain this statement:
"Notice to the person summoned: Your statutory fees as witness will be
paid by the clerk of the court where you are summoned to appear, if you give
the clerk this subpoena on the day you appear. If you do not appear in court on
the day and at the time stated, or on the day and at the time to which your
appearance may have been postponed or continued by order of an officer of the
court, the court may order that you be arrested.
5.
If any person
summoned by the state, or by the Attorney General or an assistant attorney
general, or by any public defender or assistant public defender acting in his
official capacity, by a subpoena containing the statement as provided in
subsection (d), or if any other person upon whom a subpoena is served to appear
and testify in a cause pending before any court and to whom one day's
attendance and fees for traveling to court have been tendered, fails to appear
and testify, without reasonable excuse, he shall be fined not more than
twenty-five dollars and pay all damages to the party aggrieved; and the court
or judge, on proof of the service of a subpoena containing the statement as
provided in subsection (d), or on proof of the service of a subpoena and the
tender of such fees, may issue a capias directed to some proper officer to
arrest the witness and bring him before the court to testify. The form of a
subpoena may be as follows: To A. B. and C. D. of ....: By authority of the
state of Connecticut, you are hereby commanded to appear before the .... court,
to be held at .... on the .... day of .... or to such day thereafter and within
sixty days hereof on which the action is legally to be tried, to testify what
you know in a certain civil action pending in the court, between E. F. of H.,
plaintiff, and G. A. of M., defendant. Hereof fail not, under penalty of the
law. To any proper officer or indifferent person to serve and return. Dated at
H., etc. J. K., (title of officer authorized to sign subpoena).
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