A person upon whom a notice, investigative demand, or subpoena is served pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-5-90 shall comply with the terms thereof unless otherwise provided by the order of a court as provided for in Section 39-5-70. Any person who fails to appear, or with intent to avoid, evade, or prevent compliance, in whole or in part, with any civil investigation under this article, removes from any place, conceals, withholds, or destroys, mutilates, alters, or by any other means falsifies any documentary material in the possession, custody, or control of any person subject to any such notice, or knowingly conceals any relevant information, shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars.
The Attorney General may file in the court of common pleas in which such person resides, has his principal place of business, or conducts or transacts business, and serve upon such person, in the same manner as provided for in Section 39-5-90, a petition for an order of such court for the enforcement of this section and Sections 39-5-70 and 39-5-80.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-71.9; 1971 (57) 369.