How can I handle the subpoena if I can't contact myself?

You can force a subpoena. According to the law, suspects who violate public security administration and exit-entry administration without justifiable reasons and other illegal suspects who can be summoned according to law can be summoned by force with the approval of the director of the police station, the case-handling department of the public security organ at or above the county level or the entry-exit frontier inspection organ. When forced to summon, you can use binding police equipment such as handcuffs and police ropes according to law.

Do I need to inform my family when calling?

1. The public security organ shall promptly notify the family members of the summoned person by telephone, text message or fax.

2. If the summoned person refuses to provide the contact information of his family or there are other circumstances that cannot be notified, he may not notify, but it shall be indicated in the inquiry record.

Summon time

1. If a summons card is used for summons, the illegal suspect shall fill in the arrival time and the time of ending the inquiry and verification on the summons card and sign it.

2. The time for inquiry and verification shall not exceed eight hours; If the case is complicated and the illegal act may be punished by administrative detention according to law, the time for inquiry and verification shall not exceed twenty-four hours.

Legal basis:

Article 82 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment requires that those who violate public security administration be summoned for investigation, and be summoned with a summons card with the approval of the person in charge of the case-handling department of the public security organ. The people's police may summon an offender found on the spot who violates the administration of public security orally after producing his work certificate, but it shall be indicated in the inquiry record.

The public security organ shall inform the summoned person of the reasons and basis for summoning. A person who refuses to accept a summons or evades it without justifiable reasons may be summoned by force.

According to Article 155 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), if a criminal suspect who should be arrested is at large, the public security organ may issue a wanted order and take effective measures to pursue and bring him to justice.

Public security organs at all levels can directly issue wanted orders within their respective jurisdictions; Beyond the scope of this jurisdiction, it shall be reported to the higher authorities that have the right to decide to publish it.