Get Ex Parte Motion 2010-2024

When is my court date? Contact your attorney or bondsman for the date and time of your court appearance. You can also search the court's docket by clicking here to search the District Clerk records. Contact 936-538-3532 for any other questions concerning the docket.

Serve the Subpoena. It must be served within a “reasonable time” in order for the other person to be able to travel to the hearing (or trial). Anyone, even you, can serve your Subpoena, but this must be done IN PERSON (not by mail).

Upon any other governmental or any quasi-government entity, by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint to any officer or managing agent thereof. Service by mail of a summons and complaint upon a defendant may be made by the plaintiff, the plaintiff's attorney or by any person authorized by statute.

The subpoena shall be served in person by either the attorney or the agent whose name appears on the subpoena, and the person effectuating service shall file with the issuing clerk an affidavit of return stating that the subpoena was served, the identity of the person served and the date, place and manner of service.

Failure or inability to pay can prolong a person's involvement in the criminal justice system, prevent them from having their record cleared, and lead to late fees, surcharges, and even incarceration or other criminal penalties.

On motion made promptly and in any event by the time specified in the subpoena for compliance therewith, the court may quash or modify the subpoena if compliance would be unreasonable or oppressive.

How to Ask the Judge for Help: If you cannot afford to pay the court fees and costs, you may ask the court to let you use the court system without paying up front. ... The Uniform Civil Affidavit of Indigency form is available for free at all courthouses in Tennessee.

Trial and other court costs vary from up to $50 in document filing fees, $62-300 court charges, $2 for courtroom security, and $6 for issuing subpoenas.

The summons shall be directed to the defendant, shall state the time within which these rules require the defendant to appear and defend, and shall notify the defendant that in case of his or her failure to do so judgment by default will be rendered against that defendant for the relief demanded in the complaint.

(d) Service. A subpoena may be served by any person authorized to serve process or the witness may acknowledge service in writing on the subpoena. Service of the subpoena shall be made by delivering or offering to deliver a copy to the person to whom it is directed in accordance with this or any local rule.