KRS 421.120: Liability of disobedient witness for costs and damages.

When a witness is brought before a court for contempt by disobedience of a subpoena,

and it is shown that the legal fees for travel and one (1) day's attendance were paid or

tendered to him when the subpoena was served, and that he failed to attend without

reasonable cause, the court may summarily order him to pay the party, on whose behalf he

was summoned, the costs occasioned to him by the disobedience of the subpoena, not

exceeding twenty dollars ($20); and he shall also be liable for any damages occasioned by

the failure to attend.