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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.5a: OSBI Director — Subpoena powers

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  1. OK Code
  2. Title 74

A. In any investigation relating to investigations performed by

the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) related to

Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC), child abuse or child

exploitation, violations of the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act,

threats against public officials, suspicious deaths, or violent

crimes, the Director of the OSBI, if recommended and approved by an

agent with the rank of Captain or above and the General Counsel or

Assistant General 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 the

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 or her. 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 or she 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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