If a person comes into this State in obedience to a subpoena directing him to attend and testify in this State, he shall not, while in this State pursuant to the subpoena or order, be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into this State under the subpoena.
Cal. Penal Code § 1334.4
Attendance of Witnesses Outside the State
Known as the Uniform Act
The act spans §§ 852–11179 (20 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 28 Cal. 4th 457 - People v. Mower (2002)
Most recently applied in 230 Cal. App. 4th 490 - People v. Clark (October 2014)
Added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 262.
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.