Oregon Statutes 657.635 – Circuit court to enforce obedience to subpoenas
The circuit court for any county or the judge thereof, on application of the Director of the Employment Department or any of the assistants of the director, shall compel obedience to subpoenas issued and served pursuant to ORS § 657.630 and punish disobedience of any such subpoena or any refusal to testify at any session authorized in this chapter, or to answer any lawful inquiry of said director or any of the assistants of the director, in the same manner as a refusal to testify in the circuit court or the disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from said court is punished.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 657.635
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- employment: includes service that is:
(a) Subject to the tax imposed by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act; or
(b) Required to be covered under this chapter as a condition for employers to receive a full tax credit against the tax imposed by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. See Oregon Statutes 657.030
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Testify: Answer questions in court.