Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 697 § 697.732 — Examinations; investigations; costs; access; public disclosure requirements and

Examinations; investigations; costs; access; public disclosure requirements and exemptions. (1) To enforce the provisions of ORS 697.612 and 697.642 to 697.702, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may: (a) Examine a debt management service provider or a person required to obtain a registration as a debt management service provider under ORS 697.612 and the debt management service provider’s or the person’s accounts for the purpose of investigating a violation of ORS 697.642 to 697.702. (b) Undertake an investigation, including an investigation outside this state, that the director considers necessary to: (A) Determine whether a debt management service provider or a person required to obtain a registration as a debt management service provider under ORS 697.612 violated, is violating or is about to violate ORS 697.612 or 697.642 to 697.702 or a rule the director adopted under ORS 697.632; or (B) Aid in enforcing the provisions of ORS 697.612 and 697.642 to 697.702 and in formulating rules for adoption under ORS 697.632. (c) Require a debt management service provider or a person required to obtain a registration as a debt management service provider under ORS 697.612 to file a written statement, under oath or otherwise, that addresses a matter the director is investigating. (d) Administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel the witnesses to attend, take evidence and require a person that the director is investigating to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, agreements or other documents or records that the director deems relevant or material to the investigation. A witness who appears before the director under a subpoena shall receive the fees and mileage described in ORS 44.415 (2). (e) Charge and require a debt management service provider or a person required to obtain a registration as a debt management service provider under ORS 697.612 to pay for the reasonable cost of an examination or investigation conducted under this section in an amount the director specifies. (2) If a person does not comply with a subpoena that the director issues under this section, a circuit court in this state upon the director’s application shall begin contempt proceedings to compel compliance in the same manner in which the court would compel compliance with a subpoena in a civil action. (3) A debt management service provider or a person required to obtain a registration as a debt management service provider under ORS 697.612 shall provide the director for the purpose of investigating a violation of ORS 697.612 or 697.642 to