2.23 - WITNESS -- ATTENDANCE COMPULSORY. - Iowa Statutes

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        2.23  WITNESS -- ATTENDANCE COMPULSORY.
         Whenever a committee of either house, or a joint committee of
      both, is conducting an investigation requiring the personal
      attendance of witnesses, any person may be compelled to appear before
      such committee as a witness by serving an order upon the person,
      which service shall be made in the manner required in case of a
      subpoena in a civil action in the district court.  Such order shall
      state the time and place a person is required to appear, be signed by
      the presiding officer of the body by which the committee was
      appointed, and attested by its acting secretary or clerk; or, in case
      of a joint committee, signed and attested by such officers of that
      body.

Section History: Early Form

         [C73, § 17; C97, § 21; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 28; C46, 50, 54,
      58, 62, 66, § 2.29; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 2.23]
         Referred to in § 2.24

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        2.23  WITNESS -- ATTENDANCE COMPULSORY.
         Whenever a committee of either house, or a joint committee of
      both, is conducting an investigation requiring the personal
      attendance of witnesses, any person may be compelled to appear before
      such committee as a witness by serving an order upon the person,
      which service shall be made in the manner required in case of a
      subpoena in a civil action in the district court.  Such order shall
      state the time and place a person is required to appear, be signed by
      the presiding officer of the body by which the committee was
      appointed, and attested by its acting secretary or clerk; or, in case
      of a joint committee, signed and attested by such officers of that
      body.

Section History: Early Form

         [C73, § 17; C97, § 21; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 28; C46, 50, 54,
      58, 62, 66, § 2.29; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 2.23]
         Referred to in § 2.24

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        2.23  WITNESS -- ATTENDANCE COMPULSORY.
         Whenever a committee of either house, or a joint committee of
      both, is conducting an investigation requiring the personal
      attendance of witnesses, any person may be compelled to appear before
      such committee as a witness by serving an order upon the person,
      which service shall be made in the manner required in case of a
      subpoena in a civil action in the district court.  Such order shall
      state the time and place a person is required to appear, be signed by
      the presiding officer of the body by which the committee was
      appointed, and attested by its acting secretary or clerk; or, in case
      of a joint committee, signed and attested by such officers of that
      body.

Section History: Early Form

         [C73, § 17; C97, § 21; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 28; C46, 50, 54,
      58, 62, 66, § 2.29; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 2.23]
         Referred to in § 2.24