§ 30:8 — Subpoenas and production of records; service; excuses for disobedience; enforcement

Louisiana § 30:8

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 30: Mortgages and Privileges

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§8. Subpoenas and production of records; service; excuses for disobedience; enforcement
of subpoenas
A.(1) The secretary may subpoena witnesses and require their attendance and the
giving of testimony before him. He may require the production of any books, papers, or
records material to the questions lawfully before him.
(2) Subpoenas shall be served by any agent of the department, by the sheriff, or by
any other officer authorized by law to serve process in this state.
(3) No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or producing books,
papers, or records, or from obeying the subpoena of the secretary or of a court of record on
the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or
subject him to penalty or forfeiture.
(4) Nothing contained in this Subsection shall be construed as requiring any person
to produce books, papers, or records, or to testify in response to any inquiry not pertinent to
some question lawfully before the secretary or court for determination.
(5) No natural person shall be subjected to criminal prosecution or to any penalty or
forfeiture on account of anything concerning which he may be required to testify or produce
evidence before the secretary or a court.
(6) No person testifying shall be exempt from prosecution and punishment for
perjury.
B.(1) In the case of failure or refusal of a person to comply with a subpoena issued
by the secretary, or in the case of the refusal of a witness to testify or answer as to a matter
regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, any district court on the application of the
secretary may, in term time or in vacation, issue an attachment for the person to compel him
to comply with the subpoena and to attend before the secretary with the desired documents
and to give his testimony upon whatever matters are lawfully required.
(2) The court may punish for contempt those disobeying its orders as in the case of
disobedience of a subpoena issued by the court or refusal to testify therein.

Legislative History

Acts 2025, No. 458, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.