Alaska Statutes 12.50.030 – Immunity of witness from arrest or service of process
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 12.50.030
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
If a person comes into this state in obedience to a subpoena directing the person to attend and testify in this state, the person shall not, while in this state pursuant to the subpoena, be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before entering this state under the subpoena.