The Subpoena Coordination Unit (SCU) is part of the Victoria Police Legal Services Department.
SCU is the central coordination point for all subpoenas served on Victoria Police.
The Unit's primary responsibility is to:
- receive
- assess
- coordinate, and
- monitor subpoenas to ensure compliance.
Subpoenas are recorded on a central database and distributed for action.
The SCU provides Victoria Police staff with access to appropriate resources and information. This enables them to fulfil their lawful obligations.
Serving a subpoena on Victoria Police
Subpoenas and accompanying documentation must be served by email to subpoena-service-smu@police.vic.gov.au.
All documentation must be in PDF format.
Paying your subpoena compliance fee
Your subpoena compliance fee must be paid online.
Online payment can be made by credit card on our Westpac PayWay portal.
You will need to enter the court case reference number that your subpoena relates to. This enables immediate referencing of your payment to your subpoena.
Please provide your email address if you would like a receipt for your payment.
Subpoena compliance fees
The Victoria Police (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2024 are effective from 18 June, 2024.
Fees and charges for compliance with subpoenas requiring production of Victoria Police documents are:
- $71.90 for the first 10 pages
- $1 per page for each additional page beyond the first 10.
Once the total number of document pages is known, you will receive a Payment Advice notice. This will outline the details of your subpoena, and the total amount to be paid.
The fee for the first 10 pages of documents will increase annually on 1 July. This is in line with an increase to monetary fee units as determined by Government.
General enquiries
For general enquiries, please email subpoena-management-lsd-mgr@police.vic.gov.au.
Please do not use this email address for the service of subpoenas.
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