Indiana Code

Ind. Code § 22-4-17-8 (2026)

Disputed claims; subpoenas; contempt

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     Sec. 8. In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any person in the administration of this article, any court of this state within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction of which said person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the department, the review board, or a duly authorized representative of either of these, shall have jurisdiction to issue to such person an order requiring such person to appear before the department, the review board, an administrative law judge, or the duly authorized representative of any of these, there to produce evidence if so ordered, or there to give testimony touching the matter in question or under investigation. Any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by said court as a contempt thereof.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.1808. As amended by P.L.135-1990, SEC.12; P.L.108-2006, SEC.33; P.L.171-2016, SEC.16.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1995–2020 · leading case: S.S. v. Review Bd. of the Indiana Dep't of Workforce Dev., 941 N.E.2d 550 (Ind. Ct. App. 2011).
S.S. v. Review Bd. of the Indiana Dep't of Workforce Dev., 941 N.E.2d 550 (Ind. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 4× “Ind. Code § 22-4-17-8 .5(b)(4). Each party to the hearing must be mailed a notice of the hearing at least ten days before the scheduled date, specifying the date, place, and time of the hearing and identifying the issues to be decided.”
A.Y. v. Review Bd. of the Indiana Dep't of Workforce Dev., 948 N.E.2d 373 (Ind. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “” *378 Ind.Code § 22-4-17-8; see also Lush, 944 N.”
Szymanski v. Review Bd. of the Indiana Dep't of Workforce Dev., 656 N.E.2d 290 (Ind. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 3× “Thus, an aggrieved party seeking review of an ALJ's determination must file an appeal within a maximum of eighteen days.”
J.W.B. v. Review Bd. of the Indiana Dep't of Workforce Dev., 952 N.E.2d 843 (Ind. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “” Ind.Code § 22-4-17-8. We therefore reverse the decision of the ALJ and the Review Board and remand the matter with instructions to the Review Board to grant Bond a hearing upon due notice.”
Forrest Perkins v. Mem'l Hosp. of South Bend (Ind. 2020). · cites it 2× “Second, once subpoenaed by a hearing officer, an individual must, by statute, comply with the subpoena, I.C. § 22-4-17-8 (2006) (failing to obey an “order of the court may be punished by said court as a contempt thereof”), and he ultimately commits a misdemeanor if he refuses to…”
Forrest Perkins v. Mem'l Hosp. of South Bend (Ind. 2020). · cites it 2× “Second, once subpoenaed by a hearing officer, an individual must, by statute, comply with the subpoena, I.C. § 22-4-17-8 (2006) (failing to obey an “order of the court may be punished by said court as a contempt thereof”), and he ultimately commits a misdemeanor if he refuses to…”
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