Will the court call before issuing a subpoena?

Under normal circumstances, the court will not notify you by phone or SMS before issuing a subpoena. According to the provisions of China's Civil Procedure Law, summons is issued by the people's court, which is usually applicable to summoning the parties, and should be served directly on the summoned person in advance according to law. The court summons shall specify the name, gender, age, address, reasons for summoning, time and place of the case and other relevant matters. The court summons requires the respondent to submit documents to the court to respond to the lawsuit within a prescribed time limit, or in some civil cases, the respondent can only attend the court hearing on a specific date specified in the court summons. The court informed the defendant that the summons could be served in the following ways:

1. Direct service: the service mode in which the court judges, clerks or judicial police directly deliver the litigation documents that should be served to the person to be served, his agent or adult family members (legal representatives of the unit or persons who specially receive the documents) who live together.

2. Entrusted service: if it is difficult to serve directly, the service method of entrusting other courts to serve on its behalf. It is a supplement to direct delivery. Strictly speaking, entrusted service is not an independent way of service, it is only an act of mutual assistance between courts.

3. Service by post: the service method that the court service personnel deliver the litigation materials that should be served to the addressee by mail.

4. Service by lien: it is delivered directly to the defendant. If the defendant refuses to sign for it, the summons will be deemed to have been delivered if it is left on the basis.

5. Forwarding to the addressee: the way to deliver the serviceman and the imprisoned and reeducation-through-labor personnel in the army to the addressee through the political department or prison administration department at or above the regiment level.

6. Announcement service: also called quasi-service. It refers to the delivery method of publishing an announcement in a newspaper or other carrier, which produces a delivery effect after a certain period of time.

According to the relevant provisions of the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the people's court shall notify the parties and other litigants three days before the trial. If the hearing is held in public, the names of the parties, the cause of action, the time and place of the hearing shall be announced.

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People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Procedure Law

Article 88 Litigation documents shall be served directly on the addressee. If the addressee is a citizen, I will not give it to his adult family to sign for it; If the addressee is a legal person or other organization, it shall be signed by the legal representative of the legal person, the principal responsible person of other organizations or the responsible person of the legal person or organization; If the addressee has an agent ad litem, he may send it to his agent for signature; If the addressee appoints an agent to the people's court, it shall send it to the agent for signature.

The date of delivery is the date when the adult family members, legal persons or other organizations of the addressee are responsible for receiving and the litigation agent or agent signs for it.

Article 139 When trying a civil case, the people's court shall notify the parties and other participants in the proceedings three days before the court session. If the hearing is held in public, the names of the parties, the cause of action, the time and place of the hearing shall be announced.