RCW 44.16.040
Commission to examine absent witness.
Every such chair or presiding member shall also have power, under the direction of the committee, to issue a commission for the examination of any witness who shall be without the jurisdiction of the state, or if within the state, shall be unable to attend, or who shall, for any reasons, be excused by the committee from attendance.
[ 2009 c 549 § 6005; 1895 c 6 § 3; RRS § 8180.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 44 - State Government—Legislative
Chapter 44.16 - Legislative Inquiry.
44.16.010 - Examination of witnesses—Compulsory process.
44.16.020 - Service of process.
44.16.030 - Chair to administer oaths.
44.16.040 - Commission to examine absent witness.
44.16.050 - Commission executed during recess.
44.16.060 - To whom directed—Interrogatories.
44.16.070 - Oath and powers of commissioner.
44.16.080 - Examination to be private.
44.16.090 - Testimony reduced to writing.
44.16.100 - Return of depositions.
44.16.110 - Fees of commissioner and witnesses.
44.16.120 - Punishment of recalcitrant witness.
44.16.130 - Failure to attend—Contempt.
44.16.140 - Refusal to testify—Contempt.
44.16.150 - Punishment for contempt.