§ 38-08-12 — Commission has power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, and to require production of records

require production of records.
1. The commission has the power to summon witnesses, to administer oaths, and to
require the production of records, books, and documents for examination at any
hearing or investigation conducted by it. No person may be excused from attending
and testifying, or from producing books, papers, and records before the commission or
a court, or from obedience to the subpoena of the commission or a court, on the
ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise,
required of the person may tend to incriminate the person or subject the person to a
penalty or forfeiture; provided, that nothing herein contained may be construed as
requiring any person to produce any books, papers, or records, or to testify in
response to any inquiry not pertinent to some question lawfully before such
commission or court for determination. No natural person may be subjected to criminal
prosecution or to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter,
or thing concerning which, in spite of the person's objection, the person may be
required to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, before the
commission or court, or in obedience to its subpoena; provided, that no person
testifying may be exempted from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in
so testifying.
2. In case of failure or refusal on the part of any person to comply with the subpoena
issued by the commission, or in case of the refusal of any witness to testify as to any
matter regarding which the person may be interrogated, any court in the state, upon
the application of the commission, may in termtime or vacation issue an attachment for
such person and compel the person to comply with such subpoena, and to attend
before the commission and produce such records, books, and documents for
examination, and to give the person's testimony. Such court has the power to punish
for contempt as in the case of disobedience to a like subpoena issued by the court, or
for refusal to testify therein.