{"data":{"id":"us-mt/26-2-104","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"26-2-104","heading":"Disobedience -- how punished.","body":"Disobedience to a subpoena or a refusal to be sworn or to answer as a witness or to subscribe an affidavit or deposition, when required, may be punished as a contempt by the court issuing the subpoena or requiring the witness to be sworn, to answer, or to subscribe. If the witness is a party, the party's complaint or answer may be stricken out.","path":["TITLE 26. EVIDENCE","CHAPTER 2. SUBPOENAS AND WITNESSES","Part 1. Subpoenas"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0260/chapter_0020/part_0010/section_0040/0260-0020-0010-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:21Z","sha256":"daca50c7de4aedf64f45b4de85d32829caec57f86845c593f8e73ae1cb81e751","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/26-2-103","next":"us-mt/26-2-105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}