Title 9 — EVIDENCE

9-1301. Attendance of witnesses. A witness, served with a subpoena, must attend at the time appointed, with any papers under his control, required by the subpoena, and answer all pertinent and legal questions, and, unless sooner discharged, must remain until the testimony is clos…

9-1302. Privilege of witnesses — Questions required to be answered. A witness must answer questions legal and pertinent to the matter in issue, though his answer may establish a claim against himself; but he need not give an answer which will have a tendency to subject him to pun…

9-1303. Privilege from arrest. Every person who has been, in good faith, served with a subpoena to attend as a witness before a court, judge, commissioner, referee or other person in a case where the disobedience of the witness may be punished as a contempt, is exonerated from ar…

9-1304. Arrest in violation of preceding section — Contempt — Civil liability. The arrest of a witness contrary to the preceding section is void, and, when wilfully made, is a contempt of the court; and the person making it is responsible to the witness arrested for double the am…

9-1305. Liability of officer making arrest. An officer is not liable to the party for making the arrest in ignorance of the facts creating the exoneration, but is liable for any subsequent detention of the party, if such party claim the exemption, and make an affidavit stating: 1…

9-1306. Discharge from arrest — Who may grant. The court or officer issuing the subpoena, and the court or officer before whom the attendance is required, may discharge the witness from an arrest made in violation of the provisions of this chapter. If the court has adjourned befo…