Tennessee § 8-6-404 - Failure to comply with investigative demand.
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§ 8-6-404. Failure to comply with investigative demand.
Failure of any witness to comply with the terms of a civil investigative demand shall be certified to the chancery court of the judicial district in which the witness resides, and such chancery court shall exercise the authority granted it by law in the treating of contempt of court matters, including, but not limited to, those powers granted in §§ 29-9-103 — 29-9-105 ; all to the end that the witness shall be compelled to appear to give testimony at the time and place specified by the chancery court. Acts 1976, ch. 646, § 4; T.C.A., § 8-633. Law Reviews. The Civil Investigative Demand: A Constitutional Analysis and Model Proposal, 33 Vand. L. Rev. 1451 (1980).
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 8-6-404 ("Failure to comply with investigative demand.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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