North Carolina General Statutes 58-79-15. Failure to comply with summons or subpoena
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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 58-79-15
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
The failure of a person to comply with a summons or subpoena of the Director of the State Bureau of Investigation or his deputy under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-79-10 shall be brought before a court of record and punished as for contempt in the same manner as if he had failed to appear and testify before said court of record. (1955, c. 642, s. 2; 1977, c. 596, s. 2; 2014-100, s. 17.1(p).)