367.240 Investigation -- Demand for information or evidence.
(1) When the Attorney General has reason to believe that a person has engaged in, is
engaging in, or is about to engage in any act or practice declared to be unlawful by <br>KRS 367.110 to 367.300, or when he believes it to be in the public interest that an <br>investigation should be made to ascertain whether a person in fact has engaged in, is <br>engaging in or is about to engage in, any act or practice declared to be unlawful by <br>KRS 367.110 to 367.300, he may execute in writing and cause to be served upon <br>any person who is believed to have information, documentary material or physical <br>evidence relevant to the alleged or suspected violation, an investigative demand <br>requiring such person to furnish, under oath or otherwise, a report in writing setting <br>forth the relevant facts and circumstances of which he has knowledge, or to appear <br>and testify or to produce relevant documentary material or physical evidence for <br>examination, at such reasonable time and place as may be stated in the investigative <br>demand, concerning the advertisement, sale or offering for sale of any goods or <br>services or the conduct of any trade or commerce that is the subject matter of the <br>investigation. Provided however, that no person who has a place of business in <br>Kentucky shall be required to appear or present documentary material or physical <br>evidence outside of the county where he has his principal place of business within <br>the Commonwealth.
(2) At any time before the return date specified in an investigative demand, or within
twenty (20) days after the demand has been served, whichever period is shorter, a <br>petition to extend the return date, or to modify or set aside the demand, stating good <br>cause, may be filed in the Circuit Court where the person served with the demand <br>resides or has his principal place of business or in the Franklin Circuit Court.
History: Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 14.
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