Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.5a
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OSBI Director — Subpoena powers
Official statutory text
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
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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.
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
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 268
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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