Ohio Code 4141.17 – Oaths, depositions, and subpoenas
The director of job and family services and the unemployment compensation review commission may administer oaths, certify to official acts, take depositions, issue subpoenas, and compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, accounts, papers, records, documents, and testimony in connection with the administration of this chapter.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4141.17
- 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: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
In case of the refusal of a witness to attend or testify, or to produce books or papers, as to any matter regarding which the witness might be lawfully interrogated in the administration of this chapter, the court of common pleas of the county in which the person resides or is found, the court of appeals that has jurisdiction over the county in which the person resides or is found, or a judge thereof, upon application of the director or commission, shall compel obedience by proceedings as for contempt as in case of like refusal to obey a similar order of the court.