819.4 Exemptions — arrest — service of process.
1. If a person comes into this state in obedience to an order directing the person to attend and testify in this state, the person shall not while in this state pursuant to such order be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before the person’s entrance into this state under the order.
2. If a person passes through this state while going to another state in obedience to an order to attend and testify in that state or while returning therefrom, the person shall not while so passing through this state be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before the person’s entrance into this state pursuant to the order to testify.
[S13, §5499-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13896; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §781.17; C79, 81, §819.4]
2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
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Structure Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 819 - UNIFORM ACT TO SECURE WITNESSES FROM WITHOUT THE STATE
Section 819.1 - Witnesses required to testify in another state.
Section 819.2 - Witnesses from another state required to testify in this state.
Section 819.3 - Fees and enforcement of order.