--- title: O.C.G.A. § 19-11-11. Department subpoenas; court order requiring compliance. collection: code id: 19-11-11 cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 19-11-11 (2025) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-11 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-11.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-11/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t18-t19-(v16)-2022-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=b0848ebd_0#page=1144 date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-10.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-12.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md version: the only printed version in_force: true current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly heading_path: DOMESTIC RELATIONS / ENFORCEMENT OF DUTY OF SUPPORT / CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY ACT --- # O.C.G.A. § 19-11-11. Department subpoenas; court order requiring compliance. The department may examine any books, papers, or memoranda bearing upon the determination of the ability to support and for this purpose may, by means of subpoenas issued by its commissioner or his duly authorized representative, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of relevant documents. Subpoenas of witnesses shall be served in the same manner as if issued by a superior court. If any person fails to obey a subpoena issued and served under this Code section with respect to any matter germane to the department’s investigation, on application of the department, through the commissioner of human services or his duly authorized representative, the superior court of the county in which the person was required to appear may issue an order requiring the person to comply with the subpoena and to testify and to produce the relevant documents. ## History Ga. L. 1973, p. 192, § 10; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1537, § 9; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-4/HB 228.