Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-4-505
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Refusal to obey Commission subpoenas - Judicial orders
Official statutory text
REFUSAL TO OBEY COMMISSION SUBPOENAS - JUDICIAL ORDERS. In case
of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any
person, any court of this state within the jurisdiction of which the
inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction of which said
person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or
transacts business, upon application by the Commission, the Board of
Review, the chairman of an appeal tribunal, or any duly authorized
representative of any of them shall have jurisdiction to issue to
such person an order requiring such person to appear before the
Commission, the Board of Review, the chairman of an appeal tribunal
or any duly authorized representative of any of them, there to
produce evidence if so ordered or there to give testimony touching
the matter under investigation or in question. Any failure to obey
such order of the court may be punished by said court as a contempt
thereof.
of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any
person, any court of this state within the jurisdiction of which the
inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction of which said
person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or
transacts business, upon application by the Commission, the Board of
Review, the chairman of an appeal tribunal, or any duly authorized
representative of any of them shall have jurisdiction to issue to
such person an order requiring such person to appear before the
Commission, the Board of Review, the chairman of an appeal tribunal
or any duly authorized representative of any of them, there to
produce evidence if so ordered or there to give testimony touching
the matter under investigation or in question. Any failure to obey
such order of the court may be punished by said court as a contempt
thereof.
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