2.23 - WITNESS -- ATTENDANCE COMPULSORY. - Iowa Statutes

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