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2012 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 16 COURTS AND JUDICIARY
Chapter 19. Discipline Of Attorneys
§16-19-55 Subpoena power of board and attorney general--Disobedience as contempt.
SD Codified L § 16-19-55 (through 2012) What's This?
16-19-55. Subpoena power of board and attorney general--Disobedience as contempt. In matters under investigation any member of the board or its counsel or the attorney general is authorized to issue a subpoena requiring any witness to attend at any place within the state where the witness is subpoenaed to appear and requiring such witness to produce pertinent books, papers, and documents, and to administer oaths and take testimony in regard to such matters. The willful failure on the part of any person to respond to the subpoena, or the willful refusal of any person to testify, shall constitute a contempt against the Supreme Court and may be punished accordingly.
Source: Supreme Court Rule 78-1, Rule IX; SL 1998, ch 325.
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