(a) Where the personal attendance of the custodian is required, the subpoena duces tecum shall contain a clause that reads: “The procedure authorized pursuant to § 49-50-1503 will not be deemed sufficient compliance with this subpoena.”

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-50-1508

  • Custodian: means the educational record practitioner and the administrator or other chief officer of an educational institution in this state and its proprietor, as well as their deputies and assistants, and any other persons who are official custodians or depositories of records. See Tennessee Code 49-50-1502
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
(b) Where both the personal attendance of the custodian and the production of the original record are required, the subpoena duces tecum shall contain a clause that reads: “Original records are required, and the procedure authorized pursuant to § 49-50-1503 will not be deemed sufficient compliance with this subpoena.”
(c) Where the personal attendance of the custodian is required, the reasonable cost of attendance and producing the records shall be taxed as costs of court.