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29B.48 - REFUSAL TO APPEAR OR TESTIFY.

        29B.48  REFUSAL TO APPEAR OR TESTIFY.
         1.  Any person not subject to this code is guilty of a simple
      misdemeanor if the person does all of the following:
         a.  Has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to
      produce books and records before a military court or before any
      military or civil officer and designated to take a deposition to be
      read in evidence before such a court.
         b.  Has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a
      witness at the rates allowed to witnesses attending the courts of the
      state.
         c.  Willfully neglects or refuses to appear, or refuses to
      qualify as a witness or to testify or to produce any evidence which
      that person has been legally subpoenaed to produce.
         2.  Upon certification of the facts in a case under this section
      by the military judge, president of courts-martial without a military
      judge, or summary courts-martial officer, the county attorney of the
      county where the offense occurred shall prosecute the offense as if
      it were included in the Iowa criminal code.
         Section History: Early Form
         [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 29B.48; 82 Acts, ch 1042, § 29]
         Section History: Recent Form

         2006 Acts, ch 1010, §19