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<section number="13-322" name="Production of evidence" law="code" slug="sec-13-322" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_13HOPRST_DIV11COOWCOPR_S13-322PREV">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commission may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>compel the attendance at a hearing of witnesses and parties, administer oaths, take the testimony of any person under oath and, in connection with any dispute, require the production of any relevant evidence; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>issue summonses to compel the attendance of witnesses and parties and the production of documents, records, and other evidence in any matter to which this Division applies.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If any person does not comply with any summons issued under this Division to compel the attendance of persons or the production of documents, records, or other evidence in any matter to which this Division applies, the County Attorney, on behalf of the Commission, may enforce the summons in a court with jurisdiction.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Any court with jurisdiction may, on request of the Commission, in accordance with state law and the Maryland Rules of Procedure:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>require compliance with a summons;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>require the attendance of a named person before the Commission at a specified time and place;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>require the production of records, documents, or other evidence;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>require the transfer of custody of records, documents, or other evidence to the court; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>prohibit the destruction of any records, documents, or other evidence until a lawful investigation by the Commission is ended.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A court may punish any disobedience of any order entered under this Section as a contempt of court.</text>
  </level>
</section>
