WHERE TO SEND A SUBPOENA TO STRIPE, LLC IN THE UNITED STATES
Executive summary
A subpoena to Stripe, LLC should be served consistent with the company’s legal terms and customary service-on-corporation channels: use Stripe’s legal/contact routes and the company’s U.S. headquarters/registered-agent channels while respecting the jurisdictional provisions in Stripe’s agreements (Northern District of California and San Mateo County) and the definition of “Legal Process” in Stripe’s Services Agreement [1] [2] [3].
1. What “subpoena” means under Stripe’s contracts and why that matters
Stripe’s Services Agreement explicitly defines “Legal Process” to include subpoenas, warrants, and other legal orders, which frames how Stripe treats such demands and signals that they are subject to the contract’s notice and legal-process provisions [1]; therefore any subpoena must be routed and evaluated under those contractual and legal frameworks rather than treated as an informal request.
2. Where Stripe tells parties to send notices and communications
Stripe’s public terms state that “for notices to Stripe, you must contact us” and that a notice is deemed received when Stripe receives it, indicating reliance on Stripe’s contact channels rather than a single static mailing address in the excerpts provided [1]; Stripe also maintains a public “Contact” page for inquiries and presumably legal intake [3].
3. Jurisdictional and venue rules that affect enforcement and service
For disputes that are not arbitrable or involve certain IP claims, Stripe’s General Terms consent to exclusive personal jurisdiction in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and the state courts located in San Mateo County, California, a factor plaintiffs and process servers consider when deciding where and how to serve legal process and where to file enforcement actions [2].
4. Corporate locations and regulatory contacts relevant to service
Stripe publicly lists San Francisco as a headquarters location and identifies U.S. operating entities and regulated affiliates (for example, Stripe Payments Company is a licensed money transmitter and includes regulatory contact points such as a New York Department of Financial Services complaint address), which can inform where to aim a subpoena depending on which specific Stripe legal entity holds the records at issue [4] [5]. A New York filing lists a Stripe NY address at 28 Liberty St., New York, NY 10005, which may correspond to a registered or regional office for certain Stripe entities [6].
5. Practical, legally defensible steps to serve a subpoena on Stripe, LLC
Begin by identifying the precise Stripe legal entity that holds the records (Stripe, LLC versus Stripe Payments Company or other affiliate) in light of Stripe’s Service Terms and SPC Terms; serve process on that entity through its registered agent or the address listed for that entity, and simultaneously transmit the demand via Stripe’s official contact/notice channels referenced in the Services Agreement so the company’s legal team receives it [2] [1] [3]. If jurisdiction or enforceability is in question, file or coordinate service in the courts specified by Stripe’s forum-selection clauses (Northern District of California or San Mateo County) or follow local rules for out-of-state service; consider regulatory routes for subpoena assistance if the records relate to money-transmission compliance [2] [5].
6. Limitations in the available reporting and next steps
The provided excerpts do not include a single, explicit physical mailing address or registered-agent name specifically designated for subpoena service to Stripe, LLC, and do not quote Stripe’s full legal intake instructions or a dedicated process-server address; accordingly, practitioners should consult Stripe’s full legal pages, the company’s current filings with state registries for registered-agent information, or the ISP/LE guides that list provider-specific service instructions before attempting service [1] [3] [7].