§ 13.1-7. Obedience to subpoena, etc.

It shall be unlawful for any person to disobey or fail to comply with any command, directive or other requirement imposed upon such person by any ticket, summons, subpoena, order or other process directed to such person and signed by competent authority and whereby such person is notified to appear before the municipal court or the municipal judge, or presiding officer thereof, whether as a witness or defendant, or for questioning by any officer or department or agency of the city government, or for any other purpose authorized by law. It shall also be unlawful for any person under signed bond to fail to appear before such court at a time therein stated, or for any person at liberty under a recognizance to fail to appear in court at the time set for such person's appearance. It shall likewise be unlawful for any person to fail to attend or appear in the municipal court when ordered or directed so to do by the municipal judge or other presiding officer of such court when such order or directive has been given to such person in open court, whether such order or directive be in writing or verbal. The municipal judge or other presiding officer of the municipal court may excuse any person so ticketed, summoned, subpoenaed, ordered, directed or bound over from attending such court if such municipal judge considers the facts to justify such excusing.

(Ord. No. 80-23, § 1, 12-16-80)

State law reference

Power to compel attendance witness, Code 1976, § 14-25-20.