Petition for order compelling person to attend or testify or produce writings or things - Service of order to appear before court - Order to appear before commission or hearing panel - Contempt
N.D. Cent. Code § 27-23-08
in effect27-23-08. Petition for order compelling person to attend or testify or produce writings
or things - Service of order to appear before court - Order to appear before commission
or hearing panel - Contempt.
If a person refuses to attend, testify, or produce any writings or things required by
subpoena, the commission or the hearing panel may petition the district court for the county in
which the hearing is pending for an order compelling a person to attend and testify or produce
the writings or things required by the subpoena before the commission or hearing panel. The
court shall order a person to appear before it at a specified time and place to show cause why
the person has not attended or testified or produced the writings or things as required. A copy of
the order must be served upon the person. If it appears to the court that the subpoena was
regularly issued, the court shall order a person to appear before the commission or hearing
panel at the time and place fixed in the order and testify or produce the required writings or
things. Upon failure to obey the order, a person must be punished as provided in section
12.1-10-02.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t27c23.pdf#nameddest=27-23-08Fetched: 10/16/2026