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§63-2-103.1.


§63-2-103.1.
   
   A. In any investigation relating to the functions of the Oklahoma
   State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control pursuant to the
   provisions of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act with
   respect to controlled substances, the Director of the Oklahoma State
   Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, if recommended and
   approved by a chief agent of the Bureau and the legal 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 said 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.
   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 carries on business or may be 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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