324.627. Board may subpoena persons and documents--enforcement of subpoenas--authority to administer oaths. - Missouri Statutes

Board may subpoena persons and documents--enforcement ofsubpoenas--authority to administer oaths.

324.627. 1. For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of sections324.600 to 324.635, or in making investigations relating to any violationthereof or to the character, competency, or integrity of the applicants orlicensees, or for the purpose of investigating the business, businesspractices, or business methods of any applicant or licensee, or of theofficers, directors, partners, or associates thereof, the board shall havethe power to subpoena and bring before the board any person in this stateand require the production of any books, records, or papers that the boarddeems relative to the inquiry. A subpoena issued pursuant to this sectionshall be governed by this state's rules of civil procedure.

2. Any person subpoenaed who fails to obey such subpoena withoutreasonable cause or who without such cause refuses to be examined or toanswer any legal or pertinent question as to the character orqualifications of such applicant or licensee or such applicant's orlicensee's business, business practices, or methods or such violationsshall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

3. The board may administer an oath and take the testimony of anyperson, or cause such person's deposition to be taken, except that anyapplicant or licensee or officer, director, partner, or associate thereofshall not be entitled to any fees or mileage. The testimony of witnessesin any investigative proceeding shall be under oath and willful. Falseswearing in such proceeding shall be perjury.

(L. 2004 H.B. 1195 § 324.957)