California · Evidence Code
EVID §911: Except as otherwise provided by statute: (a) No person has a privilege to refuse to be a witness.
What this law says, in plain English
A person generally has no legal right to refuse being a witness, unless another statute specifically allows an exception.
Read the full statutory text
Except as otherwise provided by statute: (a) No person has a privilege to refuse to be a witness. (b) No person has a privilege to refuse to disclose any matter or to refuse to produce any writing, object, or other thing. (c) No person has a privilege that another shall not be a witness or shall not disclose any matter or shall not produce any writing, object, or other thing.
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