Ohio § 3737.28 Power to administer oaths - refusal to cooperate

Ohio Statutes

§ 3737.28 — Power to administer oaths - refusal to cooperate

Ohio § 3737.28

Title 37Health-Safety-Morals

Ch. 3737Fire Marshal; Fire Safety

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.28 (2026).

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The fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal may administer an oath to any person appearing as a witness before  the fire marshal or assistant fire marshal. No witness shall refuse to be sworn, refuse to testify,  disobey an order of the fire marshal or  an assistant fire marshal, or fail or refuse to produce a book, paper,  document, or record, regardless of physical form or characteristic, concerning a matter under examination, or be guilty of contemptuous conduct after being summoned by  the fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal to appear before  the fire marshal or assistant fire marshal to give testimony in relation to a matter or subject under investigation.

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The fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal may administer an oath to any person appearing as a witness before the fire marshal or assistant fire marshal. No witness shall refuse to be sworn, refuse to testify, disobey an order of the fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal, or fail or refuse to produce a book, paper, document, or record, regardless of physical form or characteristic, concerning a matter under examination, or be guilty of contemptuous conduct after being summoned by the fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal to appear before the fire marshal or assistant fire marshal to give testimony in relation to a matter or subject under investigation.