27-519. Refusal to obey subpoena


A. If a person fails or refuses to comply with a subpoena issued by the
commissioner, or if a witness refuses to testify or answer to a matter regarding which he
may be lawfully interrogated, the judge of the superior court of the county where such
person resides, if a resident of the state, or the judge of the superior court of the
county in which the land or any part thereof lies out of which the controversy arises, if
the person is not a resident of the state, may, on application of the commissioner, issue
an attachment for such person and compel him to comply with the subpoena and appear
before the commissioner and produce such documents and give testimony upon such matters
as required.


B. The court may punish for contempt as in case of disobedience of a subpoena
issued by the court, or for refusal to testify.