111.145 - Witnesses to conveyance may be subpoenaed.

111.145  Witnesses to conveyance may be subpoenaed.  Upon the application of any grantee in any conveyance required by this chapter to be recorded, or by any person claiming under such grantee, verified under the oath of the applicant, that any witness to such conveyance, residing in the county where such application is made, refuses to appear and testify touching the execution thereof, and that such conveyance cannot be proved without the evidence of the witness, any person authorized to take the acknowledgment or proof of such conveyance may issue a subpoena requiring such witness to appear before such person and testify touching the execution thereof.

      [16:9:1861; B § 244; BH § 2585; C § 2655; RL § 1033; NCL § 1491]