{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-773","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-773","heading":"Attendance of witnesses and production of evidence","body":"A. During any session of the Legislature, and when the\n\nLegislature is not in session, a legislative committee shall have\n\npower to issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the\n\nproduction of any papers, books, accounts, documents, testimony and\n\nevidence, and to cause the deposition of witnesses, either residing\n\nwithin or without the state, to be taken in the manner prescribed by\n\nlaw for the taking of depositions in civil actions in the district\n\ncourts.\n\nB. Failure of any person to comply with any subpoena issued in\n\nbehalf of said committee or the refusal of any witness to testify to\n\nany matters regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, upon\n\napplication of the chairman or vice chairman of said committee or of\n\na member of said committee authorized thereby to make such\n\napplication, it shall be the duty of a judge of the district court\n\nof any county to proceed with respect to such person in the same\n\nmanner and with the same powers to punish for contempt, as would be\n\nthe case if the refusal had been a refusal to comply with a subpoena\n\nissued in a civil action, or a refusal of said person to testify in\n\na civil action in said court. It shall also be the duty of the\n\ndistrict court, when requested in the application, to issue\n\ninstanter and ex parte an order requiring such person to attend at\n\nthe time and place set out in said application to testify as a\n\nwitness, and directing such person to bring with him any book,\n\nwriting or other thing under his control, said orders to be served\n\nas provided by law for the service of a subpoena. A judge of the\n\ndistrict court shall have power to punish or enforce compliance, by\n\nattachment or otherwise, refusal to obey such orders as in other\n\ncases of refusal to obey the orders and processes of the court. It\n\nshall also be the duty of the judge of the district court, when\n\nrequested in the application, to issue instanter and ex parte an\n\nattachment to the sheriff, any constable of the county, or the\n\nsergeant at arms or assistant sergeant at arms of either house,\n\ncommanding him to arrest and bring such person before said committee\n\nat the time and place set out in said application. If the\n\nattachment is not for immediately bringing the witness before the\n\ncommittee, the court may fix a sum in which such person may give an\n\nundertaking with surety, for his appearance at the time and place\n\nspecified in said attachment; such sum shall be endorsed on the back\n\nof the attachment. If no sum is fixed and endorsed, it shall be One\n\nHundred Dollars ($100.00). If the said undertaking is not given,\n\nthe person shall be held in the county jail until taken by the\n\nsheriff or other authorized person to the place at said time.","path":["OK Code","Title 74"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os74.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"92e04c74c5a5860176a5007dc35c74b9f320e529f311873e48900b76bc99e64c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-772","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-774"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}