RCW 19.100.243
Subpoena authority—Application—Contents—Notice—Fees.
(1) The director or authorized assistants may apply for and obtain a superior court order approving and authorizing a subpoena in advance of its issuance. The application may be made in the county where the subpoenaed person resides or is found, or the county where the subpoenaed documents, records, or evidence are located, or in Thurston county. The application must:
(a) State that an order is sought under this section;
(b) Adequately specify the documents, records, evidence, or testimony; and
(c) Include a declaration made under oath that an investigation is being conducted for a lawfully authorized purpose related to an investigation within the department's authority and that the subpoenaed documents, records, evidence, or testimony are reasonably related to an investigation within the department's authority.
(2) When an application under this section is made to the satisfaction of the court, the court must issue an order approving the subpoena. An order under this subsection constitutes authority of law for the agency to subpoena the documents, records, evidence, or testimony.
(3) The director or authorized assistants may seek approval and a court may issue an order under this section without prior notice to any person, including the person to whom the subpoena is directed and the person who is the subject of an investigation. An application for court approval is subject to the fee and process set forth in RCW 36.18.012(3).
[ 2011 c 93 § 3.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2011 c 93: See note following RCW 18.44.425.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous
Chapter 19.100 - Franchise Investment Protection.
19.100.030 - Exemptions from registration requirements.
19.100.040 - Application for registration—Contents—Filing.
19.100.060 - Registration statement—Effective, when.
19.100.070 - Registration—Claim of exemption filing—Duration—Renewal—Supplemental report.
19.100.080 - Unlawful acts—Sale of franchise—Terms of franchise agreement.
19.100.090 - Filings, registration, or finding of director—Construction.
19.100.100 - Advertisements—Copy to be filed.
19.100.110 - Advertisements—False or misleading—Notice—Procedure.
19.100.120 - Registration statement—Stop order—Grounds.
19.100.130 - Registration statement—Stop order—Notice—Hearing—Modification or vacation of order.
19.100.140 - Registration of franchise brokers required.
19.100.150 - Records and accounts—Reports.
19.100.160 - Application of chapter—Jurisdiction—Service of process—Consent.
19.100.180 - Relation between franchisor and franchisee—Rights and prohibitions.
19.100.184 - Terms and conditions from negotiations initiated by franchisee.
19.100.190 - Unfair or deceptive acts—Suits for damages—Violations of other acts, use in evidence.
19.100.200 - Pendency of other proceedings tolls limitation of action.
19.100.230 - Referral of evidence to attorney general or prosecuting attorney.
19.100.242 - Investigations by director.
19.100.243 - Subpoena authority—Application—Contents—Notice—Fees.
19.100.245 - Investigatory powers—Proceedings for contempt.
19.100.248 - Cease and desist orders.
19.100.250 - Powers of director as to rules, forms, orders and defining terms—Interpretive opinions.
19.100.252 - Denial, suspension, or revocation of franchise broker by director.
19.100.255 - Denial, suspension, or revocation of exemption by director.
19.100.260 - Applicability of administrative procedure act.
19.100.270 - Administrator of securities.
19.100.900 - Chapter applicable to existing and future franchises and contracts.
19.100.910 - Chapter cumulative and nonexclusive.