Oklahoma § 22-1415 - Investigation of conduct constituting violation of

§ 22-1415. Investigation of conduct constituting violation of

Section 1403 of title.

A. When any person has engaged in, is engaged in, or is

attempting or conspiring to engage in any conduct constituting a

violation of any of the provisions of Section 1403 of the Oklahoma

Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, the Attorney

General or district attorney may conduct an investigation of the

conduct. On approval of the district judge, the Attorney General or

district attorney in accordance with the provisions of Section 258

of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes is authorized before the

commencement of any civil or criminal proceeding pursuant to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt

Organizations Act to subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance,

examine them under oath, or require the production of any business

papers or records by subpoena duces tecum, except that such evidence

taken shall not be receivable in any civil proceeding.

B. Any business papers and records subpoenaed by the Attorney

General or district attorney shall be available for examination by

the person who produced the material or by any duly authorized

representative of the person. Transcripts of oral testimony shall

be available for examination by the person who produced such

testimony, or counsel of the person.

Except as otherwise provided for in this section, no business

papers or records or transcripts or oral testimony, or copies of it,

subpoenaed by the Attorney General or district attorney shall be

available for examination by an individual other than another law

enforcement official without the consent of the person who produced

the business papers or records or transcript.

C. All persons served with a subpoena by the Attorney General

or district attorney pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma

Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act shall be paid the

same fees and mileage as paid witnesses in the courts of this state.

D. No person shall, with intent to avoid, evade, prevent, or

obstruct compliance in whole or in part by any person with any duly

served subpoena of the Attorney General or district attorney

pursuant to the provisions of this section, knowingly remove from

any place, conceal, withhold, destroy, mutilate, alter, or by any

other means falsify any business papers or records that are the

subject of the subpoena ducus tecum. A violation of the provisions

of this subsection, upon conviction, is a misdemeanor.

Added by Laws 1988, c. 131, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by

Laws 2010, c. 456, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.