# Legal process

URL: /systems/legal-and-corporate/floor/legal-process · Id: `floorRow:legal-process`

> Legal process answers a subpoena, summons, or court order by its deadline through the owner of record, and holds every record it names.

Legal process answers a subpoena, summons, or court order by its deadline through the owner of record, and holds every record it names.

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Wakes | A Startup is served, or receives a subpoena, court order, or demand letter. |
| Process | [Legal notices](/workflows/processes/legal-notices) |
| Signs | [Legal Lead](/agents/legal/legal-lead), [Legal Team](/agents/legal) |
| Sources | Fed. R. Civ. P. 4, 12(a) and 45; Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(e): preserving electronically stored information; Stored Communications Act, 18 U.S.C. 2702–2703; state rules of civil procedure |