322.24 - HEARING -- SUBPOENAS.

        322.24  HEARING -- SUBPOENAS.         The state department of transportation and the department of      inspections and appeals may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance      of witnesses and the production of documents, papers, books, records,      and other evidence in any matter over which the respective department      has jurisdiction, control, or supervision pertaining to this chapter.         If a person refuses to obey a subpoena, to give testimony, or to      produce evidence as required, a judge of the district court of the      state of Iowa in and for Polk county may, upon application and proof      of the refusal, make an order awarding process of subpoena, or      subpoena duces tecum, out of the court, for the witness to appear      before the respective department, to give testimony, and to produce      evidence as required.  Upon filing the order in the office of the      clerk of the district court, the clerk shall issue process of      subpoena as directed, under the seal of the court, requiring the      person to whom it is directed to appear at the time and place      designated.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 322.24] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         89 Acts, ch 273, § 4         Referred to in § 602.8102(55)