

     Rule 501.  Privileges recognized only as provided.  
     Except as otherwise provided by constitution, statute, these rules, or other rules applicable in the courts of this state, no person has a privilege to:
     (1) refuse to be a witness;
     (2) refuse to disclose any matter;
     (3) refuse to produce any object or writing; or
     (4) prevent another from being a witness or disclosing any matter or producing any object or writing. 
     History: Ad. Sup. Ct. Ord. 12729, Dec. 29, 1976, eff. July 1, 1977.