In courts of record
[C51, §1599; R60, §2689; C73, §3492; C97, §4461; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12542; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §665.3] 2017 Acts, ch 29, §162
In addition to the acts or omissions in section 665.2, any court of record may punish the following acts or omissions as contempts:
- 1. Failure to testify before a grand jury, when lawfully required to do so.
- 2. Assuming to be an officer, attorney, or counselor of the court, and acting as such without authority.
- 3. Misbehavior as a juror, by improperly conversing with a party or with any other person in relation to the merits of an action in which the juror is acting or is to act as a juror, or receiving a communication from any person in respect to it without immediately disclosing the same to the court.
- 4. Bribing, attempting to bribe, or in any other manner improperly influencing or attempting to influence a juror to render a verdict, or suborning or attempting to suborn witness.
- 5. Disobedience by an inferior tribunal, magistrate, or officer to any lawful judgment, order or process of a superior court, or proceeding in any matter in a manner contrary to law, after it has been removed from such tribunal, magistrate or officer.
[C51, §1599; R60, §2689; C73, §3492; C97, §4461; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12542; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §665.3] 2017 Acts, ch 29, §162