Refusal to appear or testify
KRS 35.235
in effect35.235. Refusal to appear or testify
(1) Any person not subject to this code, who:
(a) Has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to produce books and records before a court-martial or court of inquiry, or before any military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before such a court;
(b) Has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates allowed to witnesses attending a criminal court of the state; and
(c) Willfully neglects or refuses to appear, or refuses to qualify as a witness or to testify or to produce any evidence which that person may have been legally subpoenaed to produce; may be punished by the military court in the same manner as a criminal court of the state.
(2) The fees and mileage of witnesses shall be advanced or paid out of the appropriations for the compensation of witnesses.
Effective: June 25, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 48, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 56, sec. 33. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 46, effective July 1, 1954.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=41922Fetched: 10/20/2026