Penalties for disobedience.
1. Refusal to be sworn or to answer as a witness may be punished as a contempt by the court. In a civil action, if the person so refusing is a party, the court may strike any pleading on his behalf, and may enter judgment against him.
2. A witness disobeying a subpoena in a civil action shall also forfeit to the party aggrieved the sum of $100 and all damages which he may sustain by the failure of the witness to attend, which forfeiture and damages may be recovered in a civil action.
3. A witness disobeying a subpoena issued on the part of a defendant in a criminal action shall also forfeit to the defendant the sum of $100, which may be recovered in a civil action, unless good cause can be shown for his nonattendance.
Last modified: February 26, 2006