8-6-401 - Authority to give oaths and require testimony.

8-6-401. Authority to give oaths and require testimony.

The attorney general and reporter, in performing the duties of such office where the state of Tennessee is a party litigant, or there is reasonable cause to indicate it will be a party litigant, is hereby empowered to require any person to testify under oath as to any matter which is a proper subject of inquiry by the attorney general and reporter. The attorney general and reporter, or a designee, is authorized to administer all necessary oaths.

[Acts 1976, ch. 646, § 1; T.C.A., § 8-630.]