[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1201.4]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
       CHAPTER XII--CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
 
PART 1201_PRODUCTION OR DISCLOSURE OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO 
 
Sec.  1201.4  Service of subpoenas, court orders, and other demands or 

requests for official information or action.

    (a) Except in cases in which the Corporation is represented by legal 
counsel who have entered an appearance or otherwise given notice of 
their representation, only the General Counsel is authorized to receive 
and accept subpoenas, or other demands or requests directed to any 
component of the Corporation or Corporation Employees, whether civil or 
criminal in nature, for:
    (1) Material, including documents, contained in the files of the 
Corporation;
    (2) Information, including testimony, affidavits, declarations, 
admissions, response to interrogatories, or informal statements, 
relating to material contained in the files of the Corporation or which 
any Corporation employee acquired in the course and scope of the 
performance of official duties;
    (3) Garnishment or attachment of compensation of Corporation 
Employees; or
    (4) The performance or non-performance of any official Corporation 
duty.
    (b) In the event that any subpoena, demand, or request is sought to 
be delivered to a Corporation Employee other than in the manner 
prescribed in paragraph (a) of this section, such attempted service 
shall be ineffective. Such Corporation Employee shall, after 
consultation with the General Counsel, decline to accept the subpoena, 
and demand or request the return of it under cover of a written 
communication referring to the procedures prescribed in this part.
    (c) Except as otherwise provided in this part, the Corporation is 
not an agent for service or otherwise authorized to accept on behalf of 
Corporation Employees any subpoenas, show-cause orders, or similar 
compulsory process of federal or state courts, or requests from private 
individuals or attorneys, which are not related to the employees' 
official duties except upon the express, written authorization of the 
individual Corporation Employee to whom such demand or request is 
directed.
    (d) Acceptance of such documents by the General Counsel does not 
constitute a waiver of any defenses that might otherwise exist with 
respect to service under the Federal Rules of Civil or Criminal 
Procedure at 28 U.S.C. Appendix, Rules 4-6 or 18 USC Appendix or other 
applicable rules.

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