N.Y. UJC Law § 1201
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Subpoenas
Official statutory text
§ 1201. Subpoenas.\n A subpoena and a subpoena duces tecum, and the powers of the court\nwith reference to them, shall be governed by the CPLR, except that they\nshall be served only within the county. If such subpoena is for purposes\nof the trial itself, the court, upon motion of a party which need not be\non notice, may issue either kind of subpoena and permit its service in\nany part of any adjoining county if satisfied that the interests of\njustice would be served thereby.\n
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