OAR 839-002-0015: Investigative Subpoenas for Civil Rights Division and Wage and Hour Division: Authority

(1) ORS 651.060(1) authorizes the commissioner to conduct investigations in all matters relating to the duties required under ORS 279C.800 to 279C.870, 651.030, 651.050, 651.120 and 651.170, and Chapters 652, 653, 658, and 659A. (2) ORS 651.060(1) gives the commissioner the authority to issue subpoenas ad testificandum and subpoenas duces tecum, administer oaths, obtain evidence and take testimony. (3) These rules govern the commissioner’s gathering of information through subpoenas or testimony and establish procedures through which a subpoenaed party may object to answering questions or producing any document or other thing subpoenaed.