{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-171.990","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 171.990","heading":"Penalty for witness failing to appear or to give testimony in legislative proceeding.","body":"Every person who, having been summoned as a witness under ORS 171.510 to give testimony or to produce books, papers, records or documents upon any matter under inquiry before either house or any of the committees referred to in ORS 171.505, willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the matter under inquiry, is guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use","17. State Legislative Department and Laws","Chapter 171 — State Legislature"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors171.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:12Z","sha256":"d0d05605bd63bf52a16e37dfc5ee4b64c45c2568ab9cc4ca0ff589673ec09da6","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-171.880","next":"us-or/ors-171.992"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}