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HF100 NINTH ENGROSSMENT REVISOR BD 11O100-9
<br />46.1 Subd. 2. Powers of office. (a) In making inspections and investigations under this chapter,
<br />46.2 the office shall have the power to administer oaths, certify as to official acts, take and cause
<br />46.3 to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, and compel the attendance of witnesses
<br />46.4 and production of papers, books, documents, records, and testimony. In case of failure of
<br />46.5 any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully issued, or on the refusal of any witness
<br />46.6 to produce evidence or to testify to any matter regarding which the person may be lawfully
<br />46.7 interrogated, the district court shall, upon application of the office, compel obedience
<br />46.8 proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena
<br />46.9 issued by the court or a refusal to testify therein.
<br />46.10 (b) If the office finds probable cause to believe that any cannabis plant, cannabis flower,
<br />46.11 cannabis product, artificially derived cannabinoid, lower -potency hemp edible, or
<br />46.12 hemp -derived consumer product is being distributed in violation of this chapter or rules
<br />46.13 adopted under this chapter, the office shall affix to the item a tag, withdrawal from
<br />46.14 distribution order, or other appropriate marking providing notice that the cannabis plant,
<br />46.15 cannabis flower, cannabis product, artificially derived cannabinoid, lower -potency hemp
<br />46.16 edible, or hemp -derived consumer product is, or is suspected of being, distributed in violation
<br />46.17 of this chapter, and has been detained or embargoed, and warning all persons not to remove
<br />46.18 or dispose of the item by sale or otherwise until permission for removal or disposal is given
<br />46.19 by the office or the court. It is unlawful for a person to remove or dispose of detained or
<br />46.2o embargoed cannabis plant, cannabis flower, cannabis product, artificially derived
<br />46.21 cannabinoid, lower -potency hemp edible, or hemp -derived consumer product by sale or
<br />46.22 otherwise without the office's or a court's permission and each transaction is a separate
<br />46.23 violation of this section.
<br />46.24 (c) If any cannabis plant, cannabis flower, cannabis product, artificially derived
<br />46.25 cannabinoid, lower -potency hemp edible, or hemp -derived consumer product has been
<br />46.26 found by the office to be in violation of this chapter, the office shall petition the district
<br />46.27 court in the county in which the item is detained or embargoed for an order and decree for
<br />46.28 the condemnation of the item. The office shall release the cannabis plant, cannabis flower,
<br />46.29 cannabis product, artificially derived cannabinoid, lower -potency hemp edible, or
<br />46.3o hemp -derived consumer product when this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter
<br />46.31 have been complied with or the item is found not to be in violation of this chapter or rules
<br />46.32 adopted under this chapter.
<br />46.33 (d) If the court finds that detained or embargoed cannabis plant, cannabis flower, cannabis
<br />46.34 product, artificially derived cannabinoid, lower -potency hemp edible, or hemp -derived
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