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2006 New York Code - Failure To Obey Subpoenas.
§ 1809. Failure to obey subpoenas. Any person who is duly subpoenaed, pursuant to section one hundred seventy-four of this chapter or the provisions of the civil practice law and rules, in connection with a matter arising under article twenty-two of this chapter or under article nine, nine-A, thirteen, thirty-two, thirty-three or thirty-three-A of this chapter, or any related income or earnings tax statute, to attend as a witness or to produce books, accounts, records, memoranda, documents or other papers and who (i) fails or refuses to attend without lawful excuse, (ii) refuses to be sworn, (iii) refuses to answer any material and proper question, or (iv) refuses, after reasonable notice, to produce books, accounts, records, memoranda, documents or other papers in his possession or under his control which constitute material and proper evidence, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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