2010 Tennessee Code
Title 29 - Remedies And Special Proceedings
Chapter 5 - Arbitration
Part 2 - Cotton Arbitration
29-5-208 - Attendance of witnesses Production of records and documents Oaths Depositions.
29-5-208. Attendance of witnesses Production of records and documents Oaths Depositions.
(a) The arbitrators may cause to be issued, by the clerk of the court, subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and for the production of books, records, documents and other evidence, and shall have the power to administer oaths. Subpoenas so issued shall be served, and upon application to the court by a party or the arbitrators, enforced, in the manner provided by law for the service and enforcement of subpoenas in a civil action.
(b) On application of a party and for use as evidence, the arbitrators may permit a deposition to be taken, in the manner and upon the terms designated by the arbitrators, of a witness who cannot be subpoenaed or is unable to attend the hearing.
(c) All provisions of law compelling a person under subpoena to testify are applicable.
(d) Fees for attendance as a witness shall be the same as for a witness in circuit courts.
[Acts 1977, ch. 159, § 1; T.C.A., § 23-532.]
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