KRS 367.240: Investigation -- Demand for information or evidence.

(1) When the Attorney General has reason to believe that a person has engaged in, is

engaging in, or is about to engage in any act or practice declared to be unlawful by

KRS 367.110 to 367.300, or when he believes it to be in the public interest that an

investigation should be made to ascertain whether a person in fact has engaged in, is

engaging in or is about to engage in, any act or practice declared to be unlawful by

KRS 367.110 to 367.300, he may execute in writing and cause to be served upon

any person wh o is believed to have information, documentary material or physical

evidence relevant to the alleged or suspected violation, an investigative demand

requiring such person to furnish, under oath or otherwise, a report in writing setting

forth the relevant f acts and circumstances of which he has knowledge, or to appear

and testify or to produce relevant documentary material or physical evidence for

examination, at such reasonable time and place as may be stated in the investigative

demand, concerning the adve rtisement, sale or offering for sale of any goods or

services or the conduct of any trade or commerce that is the subject matter of the

investigation. Provided however, that no person who has a place of business in

Kentucky shall be required to appear or p resent documentary material or physical

evidence outside of the county where he has his principal place of business within

the Commonwealth.

(2) At any time before the return date specified in an investigative demand, or within

twenty (20) days after the d emand has been served, whichever period is shorter, a

petition to extend the return date, or to modify or set aside the demand, stating good

cause, may be filed in the Circuit Court where the person served with the demand

resides or has his principal place of business or in the Franklin Circuit Court.