It is well-known that observability (and, by duality, controllability) of the elliptic wave equation, i.e., with a Riemannian Laplacian, in time $T_0$ almost equivalent to Geometric Control Condition (GCC), which stipulates any geodesic ray meets control set within $T_0$. We show subelliptic setting, GCC never verified, and equations are observable finite time. More precisely, given Laplacian $...