Rhode Island § 42-14-11 § 42-14-11. Subpoena power — False swearing.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 42-14-11 — § 42-14-11. Subpoena power — False swearing.

Rhode Island § 42-14-11

Title 42State Affairs and Government

Ch. 42-14Department of Business Regulation

This text of Rhode Island § 42-14-11 (§ 42-14-11. Subpoena power — False swearing.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Rhode Island primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-14-11 (2026).

Text

§ 42-14-11. Subpoena power — False swearing.
(a) In connection with any matters having to do with the discharge of the director's duties
            pursuant to this chapter, the director, or the director's designee, in all cases of
            every nature pending before the director, is hereby authorized and empowered to summon
            witnesses to attend and testify in like manner as in either the supreme or the superior
            courts. The director, or the director's designee, is authorized to compel the production
            of all papers, books, documents, records, certificates, or other legal evidence that
            may be necessary for the determination and the decision of any question or the d

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

§ 42-14-11. Subpoena power — False swearing.

(a) In connection with any matters having to do with the discharge of the director's duties pursuant to this chapter, the director, or the director's designee, in all cases of every nature pending before the director, is hereby authorized and empowered to summon witnesses to attend and testify in like manner as in either the supreme or the superior courts. The director, or the director's designee, is authorized to compel the production of all papers, books, documents, records, certificates, or other legal evidence that may be necessary for the determination and the decision of any question or the discharge of any duty required by law of the department, including the functions of the superintendents of banking and insurance, by issuing a subpoena duces tecum signed by the director, or the director's designee.

(b) Every person who disobeys this writ shall be considered in contempt of the department, and the department may punish that and any other contempt of the authority in like manner as contempt may be punished in either the supreme or the superior court.

(c) Any person who shall willfully swear falsely in any proceedings, matter, or hearing before the department shall be deemed guilty of the crime of perjury.