California · Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC

RTC §13830.6: The board may administer oaths, take testimony, subpoena witnesses and require their attendance, require the production of books, papers and documents, and issue commissions to take testimony.

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What this law says, in plain English

This statute grants a board authority to administer oaths, take testimony, subpoena witnesses, and demand documents. Violation of a subpoena may be punished by a court of record as contempt.

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The board may administer oaths, take testimony, subpoena witnesses and require their attendance, require the production of books, papers and documents, and issue commissions to take testimony. Subpoenas may be issued by any member of the board. Failure to obey a subpoena may be punished by any court of record in the same manner as if the subpoena had been issued by that court.

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