Okla. Stat. tit. 6, § 6-2117
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Power of subpoena - Designation of hearing officer
Official statutory text
(a) For the purposes of this act, the Commissioner or the
hearing officer as hereinafter provided has power to require by
subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the
production of all documentary evidence relating to any matter under
hearing pursuant to this act, and shall issue such subpoenas at the
request of an interested party. The hearing officer may sign
subpoenas in the name of the Commissioner.
(b) The Commissioner may, in his discretion, direct that any
hearing pursuant to this act shall be held before a competent and
qualified agent of the Commissioner, whom the Commissioner shall
designate as the hearing officer in such matter. The Commissioner
and the hearing officer are hereby empowered to, and shall,
administer oaths and affirmations to all witnesses appearing before
them. The hearing officer, upon the conclusion of the hearing
before him, shall certify the evidence to the Commissioner.
(c) Any district court of this state, within the jurisdiction of
which such hearing is carried on, may, in case of contumacy, or
refusal of a witness to obey a subpoena, issue an order requiring
such witness to appear before the Commissioner, or the hearing
officer, or to produce documentary evidence, or to give testimony
touching the matter in question, and the willful refusal and failure
of any such witness to obey such order of the court shall constitute
contempt of court.
hearing officer as hereinafter provided has power to require by
subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the
production of all documentary evidence relating to any matter under
hearing pursuant to this act, and shall issue such subpoenas at the
request of an interested party. The hearing officer may sign
subpoenas in the name of the Commissioner.
(b) The Commissioner may, in his discretion, direct that any
hearing pursuant to this act shall be held before a competent and
qualified agent of the Commissioner, whom the Commissioner shall
designate as the hearing officer in such matter. The Commissioner
and the hearing officer are hereby empowered to, and shall,
administer oaths and affirmations to all witnesses appearing before
them. The hearing officer, upon the conclusion of the hearing
before him, shall certify the evidence to the Commissioner.
(c) Any district court of this state, within the jurisdiction of
which such hearing is carried on, may, in case of contumacy, or
refusal of a witness to obey a subpoena, issue an order requiring
such witness to appear before the Commissioner, or the hearing
officer, or to produce documentary evidence, or to give testimony
touching the matter in question, and the willful refusal and failure
of any such witness to obey such order of the court shall constitute
contempt of court.
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