Texas § 4007.055 ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENA; CONTEMPT.

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§ 4007.055 — ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENA; CONTEMPT.

Texas § 4007.055

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Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 4007.055 (2026).

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Sec. 4007.055. ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENA; CONTEMPT.

(a)If a person disobeys a subpoena or if a witness appearing before the commissioner refuses to give evidence, the commissioner may petition the district court of a jurisdiction in which the person or witness may be found, and the court on this petition may issue an order requiring the person or witness to, as applicable, obey the subpoena, testify, or produce a book, an account, a record, a paper, and correspondence relating to the matter in question.

(b)The district court may punish as contempt the failure to obey an order under Subsection (a).

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Sec. 4007.055. ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENA; CONTEMPT. (a) If a person disobeys a subpoena or if a witness appearing before the commissioner refuses to give evidence, the commissioner may petition the district court of a jurisdiction in which the person or witness may be found, and the court on this petition may issue an order requiring the person or witness to, as applicable, obey the subpoena, testify, or produce a book, an account, a record, a paper, and correspondence relating to the matter in question.
(b) The district court may punish as contempt the failure to obey an order under Subsection (a).