622.380. Failure to obey subpoena, produce documents, be examined or swear to deposition, penalty, misdemeanor. - Missouri Statutes

Failure to obey subpoena, produce documents, be examined or swear todeposition, penalty, misdemeanor.

622.380. If a person subpoenaed to appear before the division or anadministrative law judge fails to obey the command of such subpoena,without reasonable cause, or if a person in attendance upon the division oran administrative law judge shall, without a reasonable cause, refuse to besworn or to be examined, or answer a question, or to produce a book orpaper when ordered to do so by the division or an administrative law judge,or to subscribe or swear to the person's deposition after it has beencorrectly produced in writing, such person shall be deemed guilty of amisdemeanor, and be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollarsnor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the county jailnot to exceed one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and may beprosecuted therefor in any court of competent jurisdiction; and in case ofa continuing violation each day's continuance thereof shall be and bedeemed to be a separate and distinct offense.

(L. 1996 S.B. 780)