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Cal. Rules of Court, rule 1331
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§ 1331 Disobedience to a subpoena, or a refusal to be sworn or to testify as a witness, may be punished by the Court or magistrate as a contempt.
Part 2: Of Criminal Procedure | Title 10: Miscellaneous Proceedings | Chapter 3: Compelling the Attendance of Witnesses
Rule Text
Disobedience to a subpoena, or a refusal to be sworn or to testify as a witness, may be punished by the Court or magistrate as a contempt. A witness disobeying a subpoena issued on the part of the defendant, unless he show good cause for his nonattendance, is liable to the defendant in the sum of one hundred dollars, which may be recovered in a civil action.
Amendment history: Enacted 1872.