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Chapter 10.55 RCW: WITNESSES OUTSIDE THE STATE (UNIFORM ACT)
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Chapter 10.55 RCW
WITNESSES OUTSIDE THE STATE
(UNIFORM ACT)
10.55.010 Definitions.
10.55.020 Summoning witness in this state to testify in another state.
10.55.060 Witness from another state summoned to testify in this state.
10.55.100 Exemption of witness from arrest and service of process.
10.55.110 Uniformity of interpretation.
10.55.120 Short title.
RCW 10.55.010
"Witness" as used in this chapter shall include a person whose testimony is desired in any proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in a criminal action, prosecution or proceeding.
The word "state" shall include any territory of the United States and the District of Columbia.
The word "summons" shall include a subpoena, order or other notice requiring the appearance of a witness.
[ 1943 c 218 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 2150-1.]
RCW 10.55.060
Witness from another state summoned to testify in this state.
If any person in any state, which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within its borders to attend and testify in criminal prosecutions, or grand jury investigations commenced or about to commence, in this state, is a material witness either for the prosecution or for the defense, in a criminal action pending in a court of record in this state, or in a grand jury investigation which has commenced or is about to commence, a judge of such court may issue a certificate under the seal of the court stating these facts and specifying the number of days the witness will be required. Said certificate may include a recommendation that the witness be taken into immediate custody and delivered to an officer of this state to assure his or her attendance in this state. This certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the county in which the witness is found.
If the witness is summoned to attend and testify in this state he or she shall be tendered the sum of ten cents a mile for each mile by the ordinary traveled route to and from the court where the prosecution is pending and five dollars for each day that he or she is required to travel and attend as a witness. A witness who has appeared in accordance with the provisions of the summons shall not be required to remain within this state a longer period of time than the period mentioned in the certificate, unless otherwise ordered by the court. If such witness, after coming into this state, fails without good cause to attend and testify as directed in the summons, he or she shall be punished in the manner provided for the punishment of any witness who disobeys a summons issued from a court of record in this state.
[ 2010 c 8 § 1051; 1943 c 218 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 2150-3. Formerly RCW 10.55.060, 10.55.070, 10.55.080, and 10.55.090.]
RCW 10.55.100
Exemption of witness from arrest and service of process.
If a person comes into this state in obedience to a summons directing him or her to attend and testify in this state he or she shall not while in this state pursuant to such summons be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his or her entrance into this state under the summons.
If a person passes through this state while going to another state in obedience to a summons to attend and testify in that state or while returning therefrom, he or she 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 his or her entrance into this state under the summons.
[ 2010 c 8 § 1052; 1943 c 218 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 2150-4.]
RCW 10.55.110
This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of the states which enact it.
[ 1943 c 218 § 5; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 2150-5.]
RCW 10.55.120
This chapter may be cited as "Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Without a State in Criminal Proceedings."
[ 1943 c 218 § 6; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 2150-6.]