---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 656"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "656"
heading: "Subpoenas"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/656"
units:
  - "Part III — Court Officers and Employees"
  - "Chapter 44 — Alternative Dispute Resolution"
---

# §656. Subpoenas


[Rule 45](/usc/28/45.md) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (relating to subpoenas) applies to subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence at an arbitration hearing under this chapter.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 100–702, title IX, § 901(a), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4662; amended Pub. L. 105–315, § 8, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2996.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, referred to in text, are set out in the Appendix to this title.

### Amendments

1998—Pub. L. 105–315 amended section generally, substituting provisions relating to subpoenas for provisions relating to certification of arbitrators.