STATE STATUTES & CODES
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
ARKANSAS STATUTES AND CODES
§ 26-24-122 - Appearance of witnesses.
26-24-122. Appearance of witnesses.
(a) (1) In case any witness who has been summoned to testify before the Arkansas Public Service Commission shall fail or refuse to testify to or make answer to any material question relating to any matter under investigation or to produce any records, books, papers, or other documents in his custody or control when required to do so, any circuit court, or any judge thereof, upon application of any member of the commission, shall issue an attachment for the witness and compel him to comply with the summons and to attend before the commission and produce the books, documents, papers, or records and give testimony upon matters about which he may be lawfully interrogated.
(2) The court, or judge thereof, may punish a witness for contempt as in the case of disobedience of a like subpoena issued from the court for the refusal to testify in any cases pending therein.
(b) (1) No witness shall be excused from attending or testifying or from producing books, papers, records, accounts, and other documents before the commission, or in obedience to its subpoena, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture.
(2) No person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he may testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, before the commission, or in obedience to its subpoena. However, no person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.
(c) (1) Every witness who shall appear before the commission by its order shall receive for his attendance the fees and mileage allowed by law for witnesses in civil cases in circuit courts, which shall be audited and paid by the state in the same manner as other expenses of the commission are audited and paid, upon the presentation of the proper voucher sworn to by the witness and approved by the commission or the chairman thereof.
(2) Witnesses summoned at the instance of parties other than the commission shall be paid by the party causing the witnesses to be summoned.
(a) (1) In case any witness who has been summoned to testify before the Arkansas Public Service Commission shall fail or refuse to testify to or make answer to any material question relating to any matter under investigation or to produce any records, books, papers, or other documents in his custody or control when required to do so, any circuit court, or any judge thereof, upon application of any member of the commission, shall issue an attachment for the witness and compel him to comply with the summons and to attend before the commission and produce the books, documents, papers, or records and give testimony upon matters about which he may be lawfully interrogated.
(2) The court, or judge thereof, may punish a witness for contempt as in the case of disobedience of a like subpoena issued from the court for the refusal to testify in any cases pending therein.
(b) (1) No witness shall be excused from attending or testifying or from producing books, papers, records, accounts, and other documents before the commission, or in obedience to its subpoena, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture.
(2) No person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he may testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, before the commission, or in obedience to its subpoena. However, no person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.
(c) (1) Every witness who shall appear before the commission by its order shall receive for his attendance the fees and mileage allowed by law for witnesses in civil cases in circuit courts, which shall be audited and paid by the state in the same manner as other expenses of the commission are audited and paid, upon the presentation of the proper voucher sworn to by the witness and approved by the commission or the chairman thereof.
(2) Witnesses summoned at the instance of parties other than the commission shall be paid by the party causing the witnesses to be summoned.
Arkansas Forms by Issue
Arkansas Court Forms
Arkansas Law
Arkansas State Laws
> Arkansas State Parks
Arkansas Tax
Arkansas Agencies
Arkansas Court Map
Tips