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Chapter 588
Section 588.04
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- 2013 588.04 Amended 2013 c 104 s 5
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588.04 ARREST; ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.
In cases of constructive contempt, an affidavit of the facts constituting the contempt shall
be presented to the court or officer, who may either issue a warrant of arrest to bring the person
charged to answer or, without a previous arrest, upon notice, or upon an order to show cause,
which may be served by a sheriff or other officer in the same manner as a summons in an
action, may commit the person to jail, impose a fine, or both, and make such order thereupon as
the case may require.
History: (9796) RL s 4642; 1986 c 444
In cases of constructive contempt, an affidavit of the facts constituting the contempt shall
be presented to the court or officer, who may either issue a warrant of arrest to bring the person
charged to answer or, without a previous arrest, upon notice, or upon an order to show cause,
which may be served by a sheriff or other officer in the same manner as a summons in an
action, may commit the person to jail, impose a fine, or both, and make such order thereupon as
the case may require.
History: (9796) RL s 4642; 1986 c 444
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