2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 81-119 — Departments; investigations; power to compel testimony.

Section 81-119
Departments; investigations; power to compel testimony.

Each department created by section 81-101 shall have power through its head, any deputy, assistant or employee, when authorized by him, to make a thorough investigation into all the books, papers and affairs of any person, firm or corporation when in the judgment of such department such examination is necessary to the proper performance of its duties and the efficient enforcement of the laws, and in so doing to administer oaths and affirmations and to examine on oath or affirmation any person, officer, agent or clerk of any firm or corporation touching the matters which, in the judgment of such department, ought to be inquired into, and to examine and to summon, and by attachment compel the attendance of, any person or persons in this state to testify under oath before such department or its secretary or any deputy, any assistant or employee thereof in relation thereto.

Source:

Laws 1919, c. 190, § 24, p. 442

C.S.1922, § 7265

C.S.1929, § 81-123

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska