Will I be detained for executing a subpoena?

Under normal circumstances, those who execute subpoenas will not be detained. Those who receive a summons from the executive court of the court shall appear in court at the time stipulated in the summons. If they fail to appear in court, the court will not detain them. However, if the person subjected to execution has the ability to perform the judgment and refuses to perform it, the executive board of the court may take detention measures against him.

If you don't go after receiving a court summons, there may be the following consequences:

1, summons. If the people's court refuses to appear in court after two summonses, it may summon the defendant to appear in court. "The regulations indicate that subpoenas can only be applied to defendants who have to appear in court.

2. Default judgment. This is a judgment made without any excuse, and the result can be imagined. There is nothing that cannot be received for a court summons. Even if the summoned person cannot be found, the court can also announce the service, and it will be regarded as received after a certain period of time.

A summons is a written document issued by the people's court according to law, which requires the summoned person to appear in court at a designated time and place to participate in litigation activities or conduct other litigation acts. You won't be detained if you go to the court to get a summons, but if you don't go after receiving a summons, you may be arrested by the court bailiff.

Legal basis:

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

Article 1 1 1

If a litigant participant or other person commits one of the following acts, the people's court may impose a fine or detention according to the seriousness of the case; If the case constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law: (1) forging or destroying important evidence, which hinders the people's court from hearing the case; (2) using violence, threats or bribes to prevent witnesses from testifying or instigating, bribing or coercing others to commit perjury; (3) Hiding, transferring, selling off or destroying the property that has been sealed up or detained, or transferring the property that has been counted and ordered to be kept; (4) Insulting, slandering, framing, beating or retaliating against judicial personnel, participants in litigation, witnesses, translators, expert witnesses, inspectors and assisting executors; (5) Obstructing judicial personnel from performing their duties by violence, threat or other means; (6) Refusing to perform a legally effective judgment or ruling of the people's court. The people's court may impose a fine or detention on a unit that commits one of the acts listed in the preceding paragraph; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.