RCW 30B.10.120
Director's subpoenas.
(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).
(4) Subsections (1) through (3) of this section are applicable to the director's enforcement authority under this title against persons engaged in unauthorized trust activity and persons, other than a state trust company authorized under this title, whom the director has reason to believe are in violation of this title. This section does not limit the authority of the director to investigate or examine a state trust company authorized under this title without applying for or obtaining a superior court order or issuing a subpoena pursuant to this section.
[ 2014 c 37 § 345.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 30B - Washington Trust Institutions Act
Chapter 30B.10 - Director's Authority—Supervision and Examination—Enforcement.
30B.10.005 - Director supervision over authorized trust institutions.
30B.10.010 - Fee for examination.
30B.10.020 - Director to act under authority of the department's division of banks.
30B.10.030 - Generally accepted accounting principles.
30B.10.040 - Examination standards for state trust companies—Rule making—Special conditions.
30B.10.045 - Examinations—Requirements—Reciprocal agreements permitted—Records, books, and accounts.
30B.10.050 - Duties of persons subject to authority of director—Violations.
30B.10.060 - Governing administrative law and procedure.
30B.10.070 - Administrative orders—Penalties for violation.
30B.10.080 - Suspension and removal of directors, officers, and employees.
30B.10.090 - Subpoena power and examination under oath.
30B.10.100 - Effect of final orders against officers, directors, employees, and agents.
30B.10.110 - Director's authority to protect the public and state trust institutions.
30B.10.120 - Director's subpoenas.
30B.10.130 - Scope of chapter—Remedies.
30B.10.140 - Hearing—Who may conduct—Authority.
30B.10.150 - Notice of charges.
30B.10.160 - Hearing—Schedule—Default.
30B.10.170 - Hearing—Order—Review or appeal.
30B.10.180 - Emergency order—Judicial review.
30B.10.190 - Order of prohibition against third-party service providers—Grounds—Notice.
30B.10.210 - Authority of director to seek removal by the board of a state trust company.
30B.10.220 - Jurisdiction of courts as to the department's enforcement orders—Venue.