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§ 441. Corporation to produce books on notice
(a) A corporation doing business within this state, whether organized under the laws of this or any other state or country, when notice therefor is served upon it according to the provisions of section 442 of this title, shall produce before any court, magistrate, grand jury, tribunal or commission, acting under the authority of this state, all books, documents, correspondence, memoranda, papers and data which may contain any information concerning any suit, proceedings, action, charge or subject of inquiry pending before or to be determined by the court, magistrate, grand jury, tribunal or commission, except a civil action in a superior court or the district court, and which have been made or kept at any time within this state, and are in the custody or control of the corporation in this state or elsewhere at the time of service of the notice upon it.
(b) When notice therefor is served upon it according to the provisions of section 442 of this title, the corporation shall produce before any court, magistrate, grand jury, tribunal or commission acting under the authority of this state, all books, documents, correspondence, memoranda, papers and data which may contain any information concerning any suit, proceedings, action, charge or subject of inquiry pending before or to be determined by the court, magistrate, grand jury, tribunal or commission, except a civil action in a superior court or the district court, and which in any way relate to or contain entries, data or memoranda concerning any transaction within this state or with any party residing or having a place of business within this state, and which are in the custody or control of the corporation in this state or elsewhere at the time of service of notice upon it. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March 29, 1972; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
