Current through the 2024 Budget Session
Section 6-5-306 - Refusal to appear or testify; avoidance of service; penalties; summary proceedings for contempt(a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both, if he: (i) Refuses or intentionally fails to obey a lawful subpoena or citation which has been served upon him; (ii) Secretes himself or leaves his residence to avoid being served with a subpoena; or (iii) Refuses to take an oath or affirmation or, being sworn or affirmed, refuses to answer a question required by the court or presiding officer. (b) This section shall not prevent summary proceedings for contempt.