KRS 341.200: Power to hear witnesses, issue subpoenas, and serve process.

(1) In the discharge of the duties imposed by this chapter members of the commission,

the secretary or any duly authorized representative thereof, may administer oaths

and affirmations, take depositions, certify official acts, and issue subpoenas to

compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers,

correspondence, memoranda, and other records considered necessary and relevant

as evidence in connection with the administration of this chapter. Such subpoena

shall be served in the same manner as a subpoena issued out of a Circuit Court, and

the sheriff shall receive the same fee as provided by law for like service in civil

actions. Witnesses subpoenaed shall be allowed witnesses' fees according to the

rates prescribed by KRS 421.015 for each d ay their attendance is actually required

at a hearing.

(2) The secretary or the commission, or any of their authorized representatives, shall

have the power, in any and all counties of this Commonwealth, now granted by law

to sheriffs within their respecti ve jurisdictions, to execute and make due return of

all notices, summonses, including summonses duces tecum, subpoenas, and

executions in respect to all court actions instituted to enforce the provisions of this

chapter. The secretary, a member of the comm ission, or any of their authorized

representatives shall not be deemed to be an interested party in the action by reason

of his official or representative capacity.