Okla. Stat. tit. 75, § 75-315

production of books, records, etc. - Subpoenas.

A. 1. The agency conducting any individual proceeding or

investigation shall have power to require the furnishing of such

information, the attendance of such witnesses, and the production of

such books, records, papers or other objects as may be necessary and

proper for the purposes of the proceeding or investigation.

2. The agency, or any party to a proceeding before it, may take

the depositions of witnesses, within or without the state, in the

same manner as is provided by law for the taking of depositions in

civil actions in courts of record. Depositions so taken shall be

admissible in any proceeding affected by this act. Provided,

however, all or any part of the deposition may be objected to at

time of hearing, and may be received in evidence or excluded from

the evidence by the agency or individual conducting the hearing in

accordance with the law with reference to evidence in this act or

with reference to evidence in courts of record under the law of the

State of Oklahoma.

B. In furtherance of the powers granted by subsection A of this

section, any agency, administrative head, hearing examiner or any

other duly authorized member or employee thereof, upon its own

motion may, and upon the request of any party appearing in an

individual proceeding shall:

1. Issue subpoenas for witnesses;

2. Issue subpoenas duces tecum to compel the production of

books, records, papers or other objects, which may be served by the

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marshal of the agency or by any person in any manner prescribed for

the service of a subpoena in a civil action; or

3. Quash a subpoena or subpoenas duces tecum so issued;

provided, prior to quashing a subpoena or subpoenas duces tecum the

agency shall give notice to all parties. A subpoena or subpoenas

duces tecum may not be quashed if any party objects.

C. 1. In case of disobedience to any subpoena issued and

served under this section or to any lawful agency requirement for

information, or of the refusal of any person to testify to any

matter regarding which he or she may be interrogated lawfully in a

proceeding before an agency, the agency may apply to the district or

superior court of the county of such person's residence or to any

judge thereof for an order to compel compliance with the subpoena or

the furnishing of information or the giving of testimony. Forthwith

the court or the judge shall cite the respondent to appear and shall

hear the matter as expeditiously as possible.

2. If the disobedience or refusal is found to be unlawful, the

court, or the judge, shall enter an order requiring compliance.

Disobedience of such an order shall be punished as contempt of court

in the same manner and by the same procedure as is provided for like

conduct committed in the course of judicial proceedings.