R. Regul. Fl. Bar 10-6.2

As amended through November 4, 2024
Rule 10-6.2 - SUBPOENAS
(a) Issuance by Court. Upon receiving a written application of the chair of the standing committee or of a circuit committee or bar counsel alleging facts indicating that a person or entity is or may be practicing law without a license and that the issuance of a subpoena is necessary for the investigation of such unlicensed practice, the clerk of the circuit court in which the committee is located or the clerk of the Supreme Court of Florida shall issue subpoenas in the name, respectively, of the chief judge of the circuit or the chief justice for the attendance of any person or production of books and records or both before counsel or the investigating circuit committee or any member thereof at the time and place designated in such application. A like subpoena shall issue upon application by any person or entity under investigation.
(b) Failure to Comply. Failure to comply with any subpoena shall constitute a contempt of court and may be punished by the Supreme Court of Florida or by the circuit court of the circuit in which the subpoena was issued or where the contemnor may be found by such orders as may be necessary for the enforcement of the subpoena.

R. Regul. Fl. Bar 10-6.2

Amended: July 23, 1992, effective 1/1/1993 (605 So.2d 252); 7/17/1997 (697 So.2d 115); 4/25/2002 (820 So.2d 210); 5/20/2004 (SC03-705); 10/6/2005, effective 1/1/2006 (SC05-206), (916 So.2d 655) ; amended July 7, 2011, effective 10/1/2011 (SC10-1968).