28-4-316
Section 28-4-316 Grand jury proceedings generally - Effect of failure of person to attend and
testify in obedience to summons. Any person who is summoned as a witness before the grand
jury to answer as to any violation of law for the suppression of intemperance or prohibiting
the manufacture, sale or other disposition of prohibited liquors or beverages or the keeping
or maintaining of any unlawful drinking place, or liquor nuisance and who fails or refuses
to attend and testify in obedience to such summons without good cause, to be determined by
the court, is guilty of contempt and also of a misdemeanor and, on conviction of such misdemeanor,
must be fined not less than $20.00 nor more than $300.00 and may also be imprisoned in the
county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than three months, at the
discretion of the court. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Code 1923, §4633; Code 1940, T. 29,
§109.)...
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12-16-213
Section 12-16-213 Refusal of witness to testify before grand jury as to gaming or lottery.
Any person who is summoned as a witness before the grand jury to answer as to any gaming or
lottery within his knowledge and who fails or refuses to attend and testify in obedience to
such summons without a good excuse, to be determined by the court, is guilty of a contempt
and also a misdemeanor and, on conviction for such misdemeanor, shall be fined not less than
$20.00 nor more than $300.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to
hard labor for the county for not more than three months. (Code 1852, §38; Code 1867, §3579;
Code 1876, §4136; Code 1886, §4066; Code 1896, §4806; Code 1907, §995; Code 1923, §4245;
Code 1940, T. 14, §273; Code 1975, §13-7-30.)...
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28-4-272
Section 28-4-272 Forfeiture and condemnation proceedings generally - Persons not to be excused
from attending and testifying or producing books, papers, etc., at hearing or trial; immunity
from prosecution as to transactions, etc., as to which testimony or documents produced. No
person, except one who answers claiming some right, title or interest in the liquors so seized,
shall be excused from attending and testifying or producing any books, papers or other documents
before any court or judge upon any such hearing or trial upon the ground or for the reason
that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to convict
him of a crime or to subject him to a penalty or forfeiture, but no person shall be prosecuted
or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or
thing concerning which he may so testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, and
no testimony so given or produced shall be received against him...
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31-2A-47
Section 31-2A-47 (Article 47.) Refusal to appear or testify. (a) Any person not subject to
this code who does all of the following may be punished by the military court in the same
manner as a criminal court of the state: (1) Has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness
or to produce books and records before a court-martial or court of inquiry, or before any
military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before such
a court. (2) Has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates
allowed to witnesses attending a criminal court of the state. (3) Willfully neglects or refuses
to appear, or refuses to qualify as a witness or to testify or to produce any evidence which
that person may have been legally subpoenaed to produce. (b) The fees and mileage of witnesses
shall be advanced or paid out of the appropriations for the compensation of witnesses. (c)
At the request of the military judge or the convening authority and upon...
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45-35A-51.27
Section 45-35A-51.27 Attendance of witnesses; fees; false oaths. Any person who shall be served
with a subpoena, issued in the course of an investigation or hearing conducted under this
part, to appear and testify or to produce records, books, and papers, who shall disobey or
neglect to obey any such subpoena shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided
by the general laws of the state. The fees of witnesses for attendance shall be the same as
fees of witnesses before the courts of record and shall be paid as provided in this part.
Any judge of a court of record, upon application of a member of the board or the director,
shall compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of records, books, and papers and
the giving of testimony before the board, by attachment, contempt proceedings or otherwise,
in the same manner as the production of evidence may be compelled before the court. Any person
who, having taken oath or made affirmation in the cause of any investigation or...
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45-49-120.28
Section 45-49-120.28 Attendance of witnesses; fees; false oaths. Any person who shall be served
with a subpoena, issued in the course of an investigation or hearing conducted under this
part, to appear and testify or to produce books and papers, who shall disobey or neglect to
obey any such subpoena shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The fees of witnesses for attendance
and travel shall be the same as fees of witnesses before the courts of record and shall be
paid as is provided in Section 45-49-120.29. Any judge of a court of record, either in term
time or vacation upon application of a member of the board or the director, shall compel the
attendance of witnesses, the production of books and papers, and the giving of testimony before
the board or an agent thereof by attachment, or contempt, or otherwise, in the same manner
as the production of evidence shall be compelled before the court. Any person who, having
taken oath or made affirmation in the cause of any investigation or hearing...
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27-2-26
Section 27-2-26 Witnesses and evidence for examination, investigation or hearing - Generally.
(a) As to the subject of any examination, investigation, or hearing being conducted by him,
the commissioner may subpoena witnesses and administer oaths or affirmations and examine any
individual under oath or take depositions and, by subpoena duces tecum, may require and compel
the production of records, books, files, documents, and other evidence. (b) Witness fees and
mileage, if claimed, shall be allowed the same as for testimony in a circuit court. Witness
fees, mileage, and the actual expense necessarily incurred in securing attendance of witnesses
and their testimony shall be itemized and shall be paid by the person being examined if in
the proceedings in which such witness is called such person is found to have been in violation
of the law or by the person, if other than the commissioner, at whose request the hearing
is held. (c) Subpoenas of witnesses shall be served in the same manner...
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26-2B-106
Section 26-2B-106 Taking testimony in another state. (a) In a guardianship or protective proceeding,
in addition to other procedures that may be available, testimony of a witness who is located
in another state may be offered by deposition or other means allowable in this state for testimony
taken in another state. The court on its own motion may order that the testimony of a witness
be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the
testimony is to be taken. (b) In a guardianship or protective proceeding, a court in this
state may permit a witness located in another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone
or audiovisual or other electronic means. A court of this state shall cooperate with the court
of the other state in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.
(c) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this state by technological
means that do not produce an original writing may not...
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25-9-22
Section 25-9-22 Witnesses at proceedings under chapter generally. (a) The chief has the authority
to administer oaths and to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses to testify
under oath in any proceeding and to require witnesses to answer all questions propounded to
them. The sheriff or constable in the county in which such witnesses may reside or be found
shall execute subpoenas issued as above provided, and they shall each receive for their services
in executing such subpoenas the same fees as are allowed them respectively for executing subpoenas
in other cases. Any witnesses summoned as above mentioned shall be entitled to the same mileage
and per diem as is now allowed by law to such witnesses attending trials in the circuit court.
(b) If any witness subpoenaed as above mentioned shall fail to attend without good excuse,
in accordance with the subpoena served on him, or shall fail to testify when attending, the
chief before whom said proceedings are being had shall...
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30-3B-111
Section 30-3B-111 Taking testimony in another state. (a) In addition to other procedures available
to a party, a party to a child custody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are
located in another state, including testimony of the parties and the child, by deposition
or other means allowable in this state for testimony taken in another state. The court on
its own motion may order that the testimony of a person be taken in another state and may
prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony is taken. (b) A court
of this state may permit an individual residing in another state to be deposed or to testify
by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means before a designated court or at
another location in that state. A court of this state shall cooperate with courts of other
states in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony. (c) Documentary
evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this state by...
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