Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1662 – Subpoenas
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1662
- Administrator: means the secretary of the Louisiana Workforce Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: means an individual, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1761
- State: includes the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, upon application by the administrator, the board of review, any appeal referee, or any duly authorized representative of any of them, any court of the State within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction of which the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business, shall have jurisdiction to issue an order requiring such person to appear before the administrator, the board of review, an appeal referee or any duly authorized representative of any of them, there to produce evidence, or there to give testimony touching the matter under investigation; and failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by said court as a contempt thereof. Any person who shall without just cause fail or refuse to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records, if it is in his power to do so, in obedience to a subpoena of the administrator, the board of review, an appeal referee, or any duly authorized representative of any of them shall be fined not less than twenty dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than sixty days, or both. Each day such violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
Acts 2001, No. 1165, §2.