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40-2-20
Section 40-2-20 Witnesses - Incriminating testimony; perjury. No witness shall be excused from
attending or testifying or from producing books, papers, records, accounts, and other documents
before the department or in obedience to the subpoena issued by or in the name of the department
on the ground or for the reason that the testimony, documentary or otherwise, required of
him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to penalty or forfeiture. But no person shall
be prosecuted or subject to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction,
matter, or thing concerning which he may testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise,
before the commission or in obedience to its subpoena, but no person so testifying shall be
exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying. (Acts 1935,
No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, ยง137.)...
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9-17-8
Section 9-17-8 Oil and Gas Board - Powers as to witnesses; enforcement of subpoenas issued
by board. (a) The board or any member thereof is hereby empowered to issue subpoenas for witnesses,
to require their attendance and the giving of testimony before it and to require the production
of such books, papers and records in any proceeding before the board as may be material upon
questions lawfully before the board. Such subpoenas shall be served by the sheriff or any
other officer authorized by law to serve process in this state. No person shall be excused
from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers and records before the board
or a court or from obedience to the subpoena of the board or a court on the ground or for
the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend
to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; provided, that nothing contained
in this section shall be construed as requiring any person to produce...
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37-1-91
Section 37-1-91 Witnesses not excused for reasons of incrimination or forfeiture; perjury prosecution
not barred. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying, or from producing books
and papers before the commission, or in obedience to the subpoena of the commission, whether
such subpoena is issued or signed by one or more of the members of the commission, in any
investigation held by or before the commission, or in any civil action or proceeding in any
court by or against the commission, provided for in this title, on the ground or for the reason
that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate
him or subject him to penalty or forfeiture. But no person shall be prosecuted or subjected
to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning
which he may be required to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise before said
commission, or in obedience to its subpoena, or in any...
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8-6-15
Section 8-6-15 Investigations and subpoenas by commission. (a) The Securities Commission, in
its discretion, may: (1) Make such public or private investigations within or outside of this
state as he deems necessary to determine whether any registration in the sale of securities
should be granted, denied, or revoked, whether any person has violated or is about to violate
any provision of this article or any rule or order hereunder, to aid in the enforcement of
this article or in the prescribing of rules and forms hereunder; (2) Require or permit any
person to file a statement in writing, under oath, or otherwise as the commission may determine,
as to all the facts and circumstances concerning the matter to be investigated; and (3) Publish
information concerning any violation of this article or any rule or order hereunder. (b) For
the purpose of any investigation or proceeding under this article, the Securities Commission
or any officer designated by it may administer oaths and...
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2-17-24
Section 2-17-24 Conduct of investigations and requirement of reports as to organization, business,
practices, etc., of persons, firms, etc., engaged in intrastate commerce by commissioner;
access to copying, etc., of documentary evidence; powers of commissioner as to witnesses generally;
issuance of subpoenas and orders for taking of depositions; enforcement of subpoenas and orders
of commissioner, etc., generally; fees of witnesses, etc.; witnesses not to be excused from
testifying on grounds of self-incrimination; immunity from prosecution of witnesses as to
matters, etc., upon which compelled to testify. (a) The commissioner shall also have power:
(1) To gather and compile information concerning and to investigate from time to time the
organization, business, conduct, practices and management of any person, firm or corporation
engaged in intrastate commerce and the relation thereof to other persons, firms and corporations;
(2) To require, by general or special order, persons, firms...
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8-7A-23
Section 8-7A-23 Investigation and subpoenas by commission. (a) The commission may do any of
the following: (1) Make such public or private investigations within or outside of this state
as it deems necessary to determine whether: Any license under this chapter should be granted,
denied, suspended, or revoked; any person has violated or is about to violate any provision
of this chapter or any rule or order hereunder; or to aid in the enforcement of this chapter
or in the prescribing of rules and forms hereunder. (2) Require or permit any person to file
a statement in writing, under oath, or otherwise as the commission may determine, as to all
the facts and circumstances concerning the matter to be investigated. (3) Publish information
concerning any violation of this chapter or any rule or order hereunder. (b) In relation to
any investigation or proceeding under this chapter, the commission, or any officer designated,
may administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel...
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22-22A-7
Section 22-22A-7 Hearings and procedures before commission; appeal and review. (a) Beginning
October 1, 1982, the Environmental Management Commission, in addition to any other authority
which may be conferred upon it by law, shall have the power to: (1) Develop and prescribe
its own hearing procedures, unless otherwise specified by law; and (2) Administer oaths, certify
to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, and
compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, payrolls,
documents and records. In the event of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully
issued, or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or to testify as to any matter
regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of any court of competent
jurisdiction or of the judge thereof, upon the application of the Environmental Management
Commission or its designee, to compel obedience by contempt...
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25-2-23
Section 25-2-23 Powers of secretary, officers of department and board of appeals as to witnesses.
The Secretary of Labor, any officer of the Department of Labor designated by the secretary
and the members of the board of appeals, in the performance of any function or duty or the
execution of any power prescribed by law, shall have the power to administer oaths, certify
to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, compel
the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, payrolls, documents,
records and testimony. In the event of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully
issued, or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or to testify as to any matter
regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of any court of competent
jurisdiction or of the judge thereof, upon the application of the Secretary of Labor or any
officer of the Department of Labor designated by the...
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25-4-97
Section 25-4-97 Powers of appeals tribunal, board of appeals and officers of Department of
Labor as to witnesses; witness fees. In the discharge of their duties under this chapter any
deputy, any appeals tribunal, any member of the board of appeals, and any officer of the Department
of Labor authorized and designated by the secretary shall have power to administer oaths,
certify to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue and serve
subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production of papers, books, accounts,
payrolls, documents, records, and testimony. In the event of failure of any person to comply
with any subpoena lawfully issued, or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or
to testify as to any matter regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the
duty of any court of competent jurisdiction or of the judge thereof, upon the application
of the secretary or any officer of the Department of Labor designated...
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41-4-36
Section 41-4-36 Inspection and production of books, records, accounts, etc.; examination of
witnesses. The Director of Finance and any authorized officer or employee of the Department
of Finance shall, in the performance of his official duties, for the purpose of examination,
have access to, and the right to copy from, any book, record, account, document, receipt or
paper of any of the departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, offices or institutions
of the state or of any of the counties, municipal corporations, political subdivisions or
public bodies in the state or of the officers or employees thereof, in such manner as may
be reasonable and at reasonable times. The Director of Finance or any officer or employee
of the Department of Finance designated by the director, in the performance of his official
duties, shall have the power to administer oaths, certify to official acts, take and cause
to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of...
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