2005 Minnesota Statutes - 6.52 — Testimonial powers.

     6.52 Testimonial powers.  


    In all matters relating to official duties, the state 
 auditor shall have the powers possessed by courts of law to 
 issue subpoenas and cause them to be served and enforced.  All 
 state and county auditors, treasurers, and other public 
 officials, and their respective deputies and employees, all 
 officers, directors, and employees of all railway and other 
 companies required by law to pay taxes to the state upon a gross 
 earnings basis, and all persons having dealings with or 
 knowledge of the affairs or methods of such companies, and 
 likewise all corporations, firms, and individuals having 
 business involving the receipt, disbursement, or custody of the 
 public funds shall at all times afford reasonable facilities for 
 such examinations, make such returns and reports to the state 
 auditor as required, attend and answer under oath the auditor's 
 lawful inquiries, produce and exhibit such books, accounts, 
 documents, and property as the auditor may desire to inspect, 
 and in all things aid the auditor in the performance of duties.  


    HIST: (3283) 1913 c 555 s 10; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1986 c 444