The department may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and examine such books and records of the parties to a proceeding or investigation as relate to questions in dispute or under investigation. The circuit court may enforce the provisions of this title relating to the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the examination of books and records.

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Source: SL 1917, ch 376, § 31; RC 1919, § 9466; SDC 1939, § 64.0501; SL 2008, ch 278, § 3.