Missouri Laws 416.465 – Director may subpoena and swear witnesses — enforcement of subpoena
1. In making investigations pursuant to section 416.450, the director is authorized and empowered to administer oaths and to issue subpoenas for persons and pertinent operating records. In case of failure or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, any court of competent jurisdiction within the county in which the investigation is carried on or in which the person guilty of failure or refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business or has his principal place of business, upon application by the director, may issue an order requiring the person to appear before the director, there to produce evidence, or to give testimony touching the matter under investigation.
2. Any person willfully failing to obey an order of the court is guilty of contempt of court and shall be proceeded against as provided by law.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 416.465
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.