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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="16-110" title_number="16" title_name="Maryland Produce Safety Program" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Issue a subpoena to compel testimony or the production of any record required to be kept under § 16–104 of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>File a petition in a court of competent jurisdiction for an order of contempt against a person that, without lawful excuse, fails to obey the subpoena.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary may apply to a judge of the District Court or a circuit court for an administrative search warrant to enter a private premises to conduct any inspection required or authorized by law to determine compliance with the requirements of the Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An application for an administrative search warrant under this section shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Be in writing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Be verified by the applicant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Describe the premises to be searched and the nature, scope, and purpose of the search.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A judge who receives an application for an administrative search warrant may issue a warrant on a finding that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The scope of the proposed search is reasonable; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A request to enter the premises has otherwise been denied.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <level label="i">
        <text>An administrative search warrant issued under this section shall specify the location of the premises to be searched.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A search conducted in accordance with an administrative search warrant issued under this section may not exceed the limits specified in the warrant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>An administrative search warrant issued under this section shall be executed and returned to the issuing judge:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Within the period specified in the warrant, which may not exceed 30 days after the date of issuance; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Within 15 days after the date of issuance, if no period is specified in the warrant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
