{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-2.23","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 2.23","heading":"Witness — attendance compulsory.","body":"Whenever a committee of either house, or a joint committee of both, is conducting an investigation requiring the personal attendance of witnesses, any person may be compelled to appear before such committee as a witness by serving an order upon the person, which service shall be made in the manner required in case of a subpoena in a civil action in the district court. Such order shall state the time and place a person is required to appear, be signed by the presiding officer of the body by which the committee was appointed, and attested by its acting secretary or clerk; or, in case of a joint committee, signed and attested by such officers of that body.","path":["Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT (Ch. 1 - 38D)","Chapter 2 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY","Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/2.23.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:39:59Z","sha256":"64146499184cd64f8f558be5b6df86a203cbbd7faf6e748b79b7a9c9e18e4b39","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-2.22","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-2.24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}