California Government Code ARTICLE 2 - Investigations and Hearings

• Section 11180.
  The head of each department may make investigations and prosecute actions concerning:(a) All matters relating to the business activities and subjects under the jurisdiction of the...
• Section 11180.5.
  At the request of a prosecuting attorney or the Attorney General, any agency, bureau, or department of this state, any other state, or the United...
• Section 11181.
  In connection with any investigation or action authorized by this article, the department head may do any of the following:(a) Inspect and copy books, records, and...
• Section 11182.
  The head of a department may delegate the powers conferred upon him by this article to any officer of the department he authorizes to conduct...
• Section 11183.
  Except in a report to the head of the department or when called upon to testify in any court or proceeding at law or as...
• Section 11184.
  (a) In any hearing in any part of the state or in any investigation conducted under this article, the head of the department shall issue process...
• Section 11185.
  (a) If the witness named in the subpoena is a natural person, the person is not obliged to attend as a witness in any matter under...
• Section 11186.
  The superior court in the county in which any hearing is held or any investigation is conducted under the direction of the head of a...
• Section 11187.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), if any witness refuses to answer any interrogatory or to attend or testify or produce or permit the inspection...
• Section 11188.
  Upon the filing of the petition the court shall enter an order directing the person to appear before the court at a specified time and...
• Section 11189.
  In any matter pending before a department head, the department head may cause the deposition of persons residing within or without the state to be...
• Section 11190.
  Any party to any departmental hearing has the right to the attendance of witnesses in his behalf at the hearing or upon deposition upon making...
• Section 11191.
  Each witness, other than an officer or employee of the State or of a political subdivision of the State, who appears by order of the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018