RCW 5.56.060
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If any person duly served with a subpoena and obliged to attend as a witness, shall fail to do so, without any reasonable excuse, he or she shall be liable to the aggrieved party for all damages occasioned by such failure, to be recovered in a civil action.
[ 2011 c 336 s 143 ; Code 1881 s 398; 1877 p 88 s 400 ; 1869 p 106 s 393 ; 1854 p 188 s 300 ; RRS s 1220, part. FORMER PART OF SECTION: Code 1881 s 399; 1877 p 88 s 401 ; 1869 p 106 s 394 ; 1854 p 188 s 301 ; RRS s 1220, part, now codified as RCW 5.56.061 .]
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Contempts: Chapter 7.21 RCW.
District court, damages for nonappearance: RCW 12.16.050 .