{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-75-75-315","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 75, § 75-315","heading":"Furnishing of information, attendance of witnesses and","body":"production of books, records, etc. - Subpoenas.\n\nA. 1. The agency conducting any individual proceeding or\n\ninvestigation shall have power to require the furnishing of such\n\ninformation, the attendance of such witnesses, and the production of\n\nsuch books, records, papers or other objects as may be necessary and\n\nproper for the purposes of the proceeding or investigation.\n\n2. The agency, or any party to a proceeding before it, may take\n\nthe depositions of witnesses, within or without the state, in the\n\nsame manner as is provided by law for the taking of depositions in\n\ncivil actions in courts of record. Depositions so taken shall be\n\nadmissible in any proceeding affected by this act. Provided,\n\nhowever, all or any part of the deposition may be objected to at\n\ntime of hearing, and may be received in evidence or excluded from\n\nthe evidence by the agency or individual conducting the hearing in\n\naccordance with the law with reference to evidence in this act or\n\nwith reference to evidence in courts of record under the law of the\n\nState of Oklahoma.\n\nB. In furtherance of the powers granted by subsection A of this\n\nsection, any agency, administrative head, hearing examiner or any\n\nother duly authorized member or employee thereof, upon its own\n\nmotion may, and upon the request of any party appearing in an\n\nindividual proceeding shall:\n\n1. Issue subpoenas for witnesses;\n\n2. Issue subpoenas duces tecum to compel the production of\n\nbooks, records, papers or other objects, which may be served by the\n\nmarshal of the agency or by any person in any manner prescribed for\n\nthe service of a subpoena in a civil action; or\n\n3. Quash a subpoena or subpoenas duces tecum so issued;\n\nprovided, prior to quashing a subpoena or subpoenas duces tecum the\n\nagency shall give notice to all parties. A subpoena or subpoenas\n\nduces tecum may not be quashed if any party objects.\n\nC. 1. In case of disobedience to any subpoena issued and\n\nserved under this section or to any lawful agency requirement for\n\ninformation, or of the refusal of any person to testify to any\n\nmatter regarding which he or she may be interrogated lawfully in a\n\nproceeding before an agency, the agency may apply to the district or\n\nsuperior court of the county of such person's residence or to any\n\njudge thereof for an order to compel compliance with the subpoena or\n\nthe furnishing of information or the giving of testimony. Forthwith\n\nthe court or the judge shall cite the respondent to appear and shall\n\nhear the matter as expeditiously as possible.\n\n2. If the disobedience or refusal is found to be unlawful, the\n\ncourt, or the judge, shall enter an order requiring compliance.\n\nDisobedience of such an order shall be punished as contempt of court\n\nin the same manner and by the same procedure as is provided for like\n\nconduct committed in the course of judicial proceedings.","path":["OK Code","Title 75"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os75.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"fbb314c2ab8b07e7f10066d6a86efed2f4baca75c5db4eb2a617940774909535","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-75-75-314.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-75-75-315.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}