(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), an officer, employee, or agent of a state or local agency or department thereof, may obtain financial records under paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 7470 pursuant to a judicial subpoena or subpoena duces tecum only if: (1) The subpoena or subpoena duces tecum is issued and served upon the financial institution and the customer in compliance with Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1985) of Title 3 of Part 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure and the requirements of paragraph (2) or (3) have been met. In the event actual service on the customer has not been made prior to the time the financial records are required to be produced in response to a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum the court shall, prior to turning over any records to the agency, and upon good cause shown, make a finding that due diligence has been exercised by the agency in its attempt to effect such service; and (2) Ten days after service have passed without the customer giving notice to the financial institution that the customer has moved to quash the subpoena. If testimony is to be taken, or financial records produced, before a court, the 10-day period provided for in this subdivision may be shortened by the court upon a showing of good cause. The court shall direct that all reasonable measures be taken to notify the customer within the time so shortened. The motion to quash the subpoena must be made, whenever practicable, in the judicial proceeding pending before the court; or (3) A judge or magistrate in a judicial proceeding to which the customer is a party rules that the subpoena should not be quashed. Nothing in this paragraph is intended to preclude appellate remedies which may be available under existing law. (b) (1) A deputy district attorney, deputy attorney general, or other person authorized to present evidence to a grand jury in a criminal investigation before a grand jury, or scheduled to be presented to a grand jury, may obtain financial records for return to the grand jury pursuant to a judicial subpoena duces tecum which, upon a written showing to a judge of the superior court that there exists a reasonable inference that a crime within the jurisdiction of the grand jury has been committed and that the financial records sought are reasonably necessary to the juryâs investigation of that crime, is personally signed and issued by a judge of the superior court, and meets one of the following: (A) The subpoena is issued and served upon the financial institution and the customer and 10 days after service have passed without the customer giving notice to the financial institution that the customer has moved to quash the subpoena. In the event actual service on the customer has not been made prior to the time the financial records are required to be produced in response to a subpoena duces tecum the court shall, prior to turning over any records to the grand jury, and upon good cause shown, make a finding that due diligence has been exercised by the grand jury in its attempt to effect this service. The 10-day period provided for in this subparagraph may be shortened by the court upon a showing of good cause. The court shall direct that all reasonable measures be taken to notify the customer within the time so shortened. The motion to quash the subpoena must be made wherever practicable before the judge who issued the subpoena. (B) A judge rules in a judicial proceeding to which the customer is a party that the subpoena should not be quashed. Nothing in this subparagraph is intended to preclude appellate remedies that may be available under existing law. (C) A court orders the financial institution and the grand jury to withhold notification to the customer for 30 days from the date of receipt of the judicial subpoena duces tecum after making a finding upon a written showing that notice to the customer by the financial institution and the grand jury would impede the investigation by the grand
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