Oklahoma Code § 21-1959

Title 21. Crimes And Punishments: Subpoenas prior to commencement of proceedings –
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Noncompliance – Misdemeanor.
A.  When any person has engaged in, is engaged in, or is
attempting or conspiring to engage in any conduct constituting a
violation of any of the provisions of Section 1953 of Title 21 of
the Oklahoma Statutes, the Oklahoma Attorney General or any district
attorney in Oklahoma may conduct an investigation of the activity.
On approval of the district judge, the Attorney General or district
attorney, in accordance with the provisions of Section 258 of Title
22 of the Oklahoma Statutes and pursuant to the provisions of the
Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act, is authorized before the commencement
of any civil or criminal proceeding to subpoena witnesses, compel
their attendance, examine them under oath, or require the production
of any business papers or records by subpoena duces tecum.  Evidence
collected pursuant to this section shall not be admissible in any
civil proceeding.

B.  Any business papers and records subpoenaed by the Attorney
General or district attorney shall be available for examination by
the person who produced the material or by any duly authorized
representative of the person.  Transcripts of oral testimony shall
be available for examination by the person who produced such
testimony and their counsel.
Except as otherwise provided for in this section, no business
papers, records, or transcripts or oral testimony, or copies of it,
subpoenaed by the Attorney General or district attorney shall be
available for examination by an individual other than another law
enforcement official without the consent of the person who produced
the business papers, records or transcript.
C.  All persons served with a subpoena by the Attorney General
or district attorney pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma
Computer Crimes Act shall be paid the same fees and mileage as paid
witnesses in the courts of this state.
D.  No person shall, with intent to avoid, evade, prevent, or
obstruct compliance in whole or in part by any person with any duly
served subpoena of the Attorney General or district attorney
pursuant to the provisions of this section, knowingly remove from
any place, conceal, withhold, destroy, mutilate, alter, or by any
other means falsify any business papers or records that are the
subject of the subpoena duces tecum.
E.  Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be
guilty, upon conviction, of a misdemeanor.

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