11.52 Refusal to testify.
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Except as otherwise provided in section 679A.19, in case any witness duly subpoenaed refuses to attend, or refuses to produce documents, books, and papers, or attends and refuses to make oath or affirmation, or, being sworn or affirmed, refuses to testify, the auditor of state or the auditor’s designee may apply to the district court, or any judge of said district having jurisdiction thereof, for the enforcement of attendance and answers to questions as provided by law in the matter of taking depositions.
Procedure for contempt, §622.76, 622.77, 622.84, 622.102, chapter 665