Section 2-31-14

Issuance of subpoenas; compensation and allowances of witnesses; administration of oaths.

The commissioner is authorized to issue subpoenas and to bring before the department any person or persons in the state and to take testimony either orally or by deposition or by exhibit with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as prescribed by law in judicial proceedings and civil cases in the circuit courts of the state. The commissioner is authorized to issue subpoenas duces tecum on any or all records. The commissioner or his designee may administer oaths to witnesses at any hearing which the department is authorized by law to conduct.

(Acts 1981, No. 81-391, p. 611, §14.)