{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-29b.48","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 29B.48","heading":"Refusal to appear or testify.","body":"1. Any person not subject to this code is guilty of a simple misdemeanor if the person does all of the following:\na. Has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to produce books and records before a military court or before any military or civil officer and designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before such a court.\nb. Has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates allowed to witnesses attending the courts of the state.\nc. Willfully neglects or refuses to appear, or refuses to qualify as a witness or to testify or to produce any evidence which that person has been legally subpoenaed to produce.\n2. Upon certification of the facts in a case under this section by the military judge, president of courts-martial without a military judge, or summary courts-martial officer, the county attorney of the county where the offense occurred shall prosecute the offense as if it were included in the Iowa criminal code.","path":["Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT (Ch. 1 - 38D)","Chapter 29B - MILITARY JUSTICE","Subchapter VII - TRIAL PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/29B.48.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:00Z","sha256":"9683732d244d8f34ed85ccf7b0c1e363322fdd886149ec52371564dc6afa504a","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-29b.47","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-29b.49"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}