California · Code of Civil Procedure - CCP

CCP §1991.1: Disobedience to a subpoena requiring attendance of a witness before an officer out of court in a deposition taken pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 2016.

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

Failure to appear at a deposition when subpoenaed or refusal to be sworn may be punished as contempt under specified procedures, without requiring a prior court order.

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Disobedience to a subpoena requiring attendance of a witness before an officer out of court in a deposition taken pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 2016.010), or refusal to be sworn as a witness at that deposition, may be punished as contempt, as provided in subdivision (e) of Section 2023.030, without the necessity of a prior order of court directing compliance by the witness.

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