17-16-70
Section 17-16-70 Commission has power to punish for contempt. If any witness, being summoned,
fails to attend, or being summoned with a subpoena duces tecum, fails and refuses to produce
the paper or document required to be produced by the subpoena, the commission shall have the
right and authority to punish the witness for contempt by a fine not exceeding five hundred
dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in any county jail in the state for a period not to exceed
30 days, one or both, and in case any witness shall fail to appear or produce any book or
document before any judge, clerk of court, or other person having a warrant from the commission,
the judge, clerk of court, or other person, must certify the fact to the commission, which
may thereupon punish such witness for contempt, as provided in this section. (Code 1896, §1679;
Code 1907, §485; Code 1923, §575; Code 1940, T. 17, §261; §17-15-57; amended and renumbered
by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §83.)...
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2-31-14
Section 2-31-14 Issuance of subpoenas; compensation and allowances of witnesses; administration
of oaths. The commissioner is authorized to issue subpoenas and to bring before the department
any person or persons in the state and to take testimony either orally or by deposition or
by exhibit with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as prescribed by law in judicial
proceedings and civil cases in the circuit courts of the state. The commissioner is authorized
to issue subpoenas duces tecum on any or all records. The commissioner or his designee may
administer oaths to witnesses at any hearing which the department is authorized by law to
conduct. (Acts 1981, No. 81-391, p. 611, §14.)...
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25-7-54
Section 25-7-54 Costs. The witness fees and the fees of the local arbitrators as provided in
this article shall be taxed against the parties to said arbitrations equally. (Acts 1911,
No. 234, p. 320; Code 1923, §7613; Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §342.)...

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34-28A-43
Section 34-28A-43 Adoption of bylaws and rules; seal; powers of board as to witnesses; institution
of proceedings to enjoin or restrain violations of chapter and liability of board members
therefor. (a) The board may adopt all bylaws and rules, not inconsistent with the constitution
and laws of this state, reasonably necessary for the proper performance of its duties and
the regulations of the proceedings before it. (b) The board shall adopt and have an official
seal. (c) In carrying into effect this chapter, the board may, under the hand of its chair
and the seal of the board, subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance and may also require
them to produce books, papers, maps, or documents. Any member of the board may administer
oaths of affirmation to witnesses appearing before the board. Witnesses officially called
by the board shall receive the same compensation and shall be reimbursed for expenses in the
same amount as the members of the board pursuant to Section 34-28A-41. If...
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34-4-30
Section 34-4-30 Revocation or suspension - Procedure for hearings; immunity of board. (a) The
board may administer oaths and prescribe all necessary and reasonable rules for the conduct
of a hearing. The board may take testimony of any person by deposition, with the same fees
and mileage and in the same manner as prescribed by law in judicial procedure of courts of
this state in civil cases. The fees and mileage shall be paid by the party at whose request
the witness is subpoenaed. (b) If the board determines that the licensee is guilty under this
chapter, his or her license may be suspended or revoked. (c) The affirmative vote of a majority
of the board shall be necessary to revoke or suspend a license. (d) The board is declared
to be a quasi judicial body, and the members or the employees of the board are granted immunity
from civil liability and shall not be liable for damages therefrom when acting in the performance
of their duties as described in this chapter. (Acts 1973, No. 811,...
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38-4-6
Section 38-4-6 Subpoena of witnesses. The state department and the county department shall
have the power to issue subpoenas for witnesses and compel their attendance and the production
of papers and writings and duly authorized employees of said departments may administer oaths
and examine witnesses under oath. (Acts 1951, No. 703, p. 1211, §18.)...
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45-8-120.16
Section 45-8-120.16 Open meetings and hearings of board. All meetings and hearings of the board
shall be open to the public. Notwithstanding the foregoing, when the good name and character
of an individual is to be discussed by the board at one of its meetings, or a written waiver
of public hearing signed by the affected employee, the appointing authority, or the citizen
complainant, as the case may be, is filed with the board, the board may, by majority vote
of its members, close a meeting or hearing and exclude the public. No other matter may be
discussed by the board, if a meeting or hearing has been so closed. In any proceeding before
the board, the county commission and appointing authorities, or their designated representatives,
and any other interested individual may appear and present information in their interests.
The board and its specially authorized representatives shall have the power to administer
oaths, take depositions, certify official acts, and issue subpoenas to...
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15-23-8
Section 15-23-8 Compensation for economic loss resulting from criminal conduct - Authorized;
procedure. (a) The commission may award compensation for economic loss arising from criminally
injurious conduct if satisfied by a preponderance of the evidence that the requirements for
compensation have been met. (b) The commission shall hear and determine all matters relating
to claims for compensation, and shall have the power to reinvestigate or reopen claims without
regard to statutes of limitation. (c) The commission shall have the power to subpoena witnesses,
compel their attendance, require the production of records and other evidence, administer
oaths or affirmations, conduct hearings and receive relevant evidence. (Acts 1984, No. 84-658,
p. 1308, §8.)...
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12-17-270
Section 12-17-270 Appointment; qualifications; term of office; removal. Each of the judges
of the circuit courts of this state shall appoint a competent person to perform the duties
of official court reporter of the courts in the circuit over which said judge presides. No
two or more judges shall appoint the same court reporter. The official court reporter shall
be an officer of the court and within his circuit shall have power to administer oaths and
shall hold office at the pleasure of the judge, who shall have power to remove said official
reporter at any time. The court reporter shall not be related to the trial judge within the
fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity, and any appointment of a court reporter so related
to the trial judge within the prohibited degree shall be void. The provisions of this section
shall not apply to circuits which consist of only one county and have three or more than three
judges. (Acts 1920, No. 124, p. 164; Code 1923, §6733; Code 1940, T. 13,...
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12-19-132
Section 12-19-132 Issuance to witness of certificate of sum entitled to for attendance, etc.;
proof of attendance by witness. (a) After the trial, continuance of the cause or discharge
of the witness, the clerk must, on his application and upon his oath, give the witness a certificate
setting forth the cause in which he was a witness, the party by whom he was summoned or on
whose request he attended, the number of day he attended as a witness and the sum to which
he is entitled for his attendance, travel, ferriage and tolls, which he must also enter, either
upon the subpoena docket or book to be kept for that purpose. (b) The witness must prove his
attendance within five days after his attendance as such witness. (Code 1852, §§2380, 2381;
Code 1867, §§2784, 2785; Code 1876, §§3133, 3134; Code 1886, §§2842, 2843; Code 1896,
§§1337, 1338; Code 1907, §§3674, 3675; Code 1923, §§7234, 7235; Code 1940, T. 11, §§45,
46.)...
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