RCW 44.16.140
Refusal to testify—Contempt.
A person who, being present before either house of the legislature, or any committee or joint committee thereof, or commissioner authorized to summon witnesses, wilfully refuses to be sworn or affirmed, or to answer any material and proper question, or to produce, upon reasonable notice, any material and proper books, papers or documents in his or her possession or under his or her control, shall be punished as for contempt, as hereinafter provided.
[ 2009 c 549 § 6011; 1895 c 6 § 12; RRS § 8189.]
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.