622.84 Subpoenas — enforcing obedience. 1. When, by the laws of this or any other state or country, testimony may be taken in the form of depositions to be used in any of the courts thereof, the person authorized totake the depositions may issue subpoenas for witnesses, which must be served by the sameofficers and returned in the same manner as is required in district court, and obedience tothe subpoenas may be enforced in the same way and to the same extent, or the person mayreport the matter to the district court who may enforce obedience as though the action waspending in the district court. 2. If a witness is located in any other state or country and refuses to voluntarily submit to the deposition, the court of jurisdiction in this state may, upon the application of any party,petition the court of competent jurisdiction in the foreign jurisdiction where the witnessis located to issue subpoenas or make other appropriate orders to compel the witness’attendance at the deposition. [C51, §2477 – 2479; R60, §4021 – 4023; C73, §3680 – 3682; C97, §4672; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11341; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.84] 89 Acts, ch 230, §22; 90 Acts, ch 1041, n. [C51, §2477 – 2479; R60, §4021 – 4023; C73, §3680 – 3682; C97, §4672; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11341; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.84] 89 Acts, ch 230, §22; 90 Acts, ch 1041, §1Similar provision, §622.102 Sat Dec 23 11:20:04 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 622.84 (21, 0)
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