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Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-2-103.1: Investigations - Subpoena power

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  1. OK Code
  2. Title 63

A. In any investigation relating to the functions of the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control

pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous

Substances Act with respect to controlled substances or other

provisions of Oklahoma law with respect to the crimes of money

laundering and human trafficking, the Director of the Oklahoma State

Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, if recommended and

approved by a chief agent of the Bureau and the legal counsel of the

Bureau, may subpoena witnesses, compel the attendance and testimony

of witnesses, and require the production of any records, including

books, papers, documents, and other tangible things which constitute

or contain evidence, which the Director or agent finds relevant or

material to the investigation. The attendance of witnesses and the

production of records may be required from any place in the state to

a designated location in the county seat of the county of which the

subpoenaed person is an inhabitant or in which the subpoenaed person

carries on business or may be found. Witnesses summoned pursuant to

this section shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid

witnesses in the courts of this state.

B. The witness shall have the option of complying with said

subpoena by:

1. Appearing and/or producing documents, as requested; or

2. Notifying the Bureau, in writing, of refusal to appear or

produce documents, within ten (10) days of the date of service.

The subpoena form shall clearly set forth the optional means of

compliance including instructions for sending written notice of

refusal.

C. A subpoena issued pursuant to this section may be served by

any person designated in the subpoena to serve it. Service upon a

natural person may be made by personal delivery of the subpoena to

him. Service may be made upon a domestic or foreign corporation or

upon a partnership or other unincorporated association which is

subject to suit under a common name, by delivering the subpoena to

an officer, to a managing or general agent, or to any other agent

authorized by appointment or by law to receive service of process.

The affidavit of the person serving the subpoena entered on a true

copy thereof by the person serving it shall be proof of service.

D. In the case of contumacy by or refusal to obey a subpoena

issued to any person, the Director may invoke the aid of any

district court of the state within the jurisdiction of which the

investigation is carried on or of which the subpoenaed person is an

inhabitant, or in which he carries on business or may be found, to

compel compliance with the subpoena. The court may issue an order

requiring the subpoenaed person to appear before the Director to

produce records, if so ordered, or to give testimony touching the

matter under investigation. Any failure to obey the order of the

court may be punished by the court as an indirect contempt thereof.

All process in any such case may be served in any judicial district

in which such person may be found.

E. The district court of the county wherein the subpoena is

served may quash a subpoena issued pursuant to this section, upon a

motion to quash the subpoena filed with the court by the party to

whom the subpoena is issued.

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