SECTIONS 56411-56415 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 56411-56415

56411. For the purpose of enforcing this chapter, the director may
receive verified complaints from producers or licensees against any
person licensed pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 6 (commencing
with Section 55401) or any person who acts or attempts to act as a
licensee.
Upon receipt of any verified complaint, the director may make any
and all necessary investigations relative to the complaint. The
director shall, within 30 days, commence to investigate any verified
complaint alleging that a licensee may be insolvent or in an unsound
financial condition.

56412. The director may administer oaths of verification on the
complaints.

56413. He shall have free and unimpeded access at all times to any
building, yard, warehouse, or storage or transportation facility in
which any farm product is kept, stored, handled, or transported.

56414. He may do all of the following:
(a) Administer oaths and take testimony under oath.
(b) Issue subpoenas which require the attendance of witnesses
before him, together with all books, memoranda, papers, and other
documents, articles, or instruments.
(c) Compel the disclosure by such witnesses of all facts which are
known to them relative to the matters under investigation.

56415. All parties disobeying the orders or subpoenas of the
director are guilty of contempt and shall be certified to the
superior court of the state for punishment for such contempt.