Source: https://development.code.dccouncil.us/dc/council/code/sections/1-301.88d.html
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 08:22:02+00:00

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D.C. Law Library - § 1–301.88d. Authority to issue subpoenas in investigation of consumer protection matters.
↪ Subchapter I. Additional Governmental Powers and Responsibilities.
↪ Part D-i. Attorney General for the District of Columbia.
↪ § 1–301.88d. Authority to issue subpoenas in investigation of consumer protection matters.
§ 1–301.88c. Authority to issue subpoenas for the production of documents.
§ 1–301.88e. Authority to issue subpoenas in matters involving the financial exploitation of vulnerable adults and the elderly.
§ 1–301.88d. Authority to issue subpoenas in investigation of consumer protection matters.
(a) The Attorney General, or his or her designee, shall have the authority to issue subpoenas for the production of documents and materials or for the attendance and testimony of witnesses under oath, or both, related to an investigation into unfair, deceptive, unconscionable, or fraudulent trade practices by or between a merchant or consumer, as defined in § 28-3901.
(6) The signature of the Attorney General, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, or Assistant Deputy Attorney General approving the subpoena request.
(c) Unless otherwise permitted by the Office of the Attorney General, only attorneys for the Office of the Attorney General and their staff, other people involved in the investigation, the witness under examination, his or her attorney, interpreters when needed, and, for the purpose of taking the evidence, a stenographer or operator of a recording device may be present during the taking of testimony.
(d) In the case of refusal to obey a subpoena issued under this section, the Attorney General may petition the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for an order requiring compliance. Any failure to obey the order of the court may be treated by the court as contempt.
(2) Any grounds that exist under statute or common law for quashing or modifying a subpoena.
For temporary (90 days) addition of this section, see § 1032(c) of the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2015 (D.C. Act 21-127, July 27, 2015, 62 DCR 10201).

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