Section 1831. Failure to obey subpoenas  


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  • Any person who is duly subpoenaed,
      pursuant to section one hundred seventy-four  of  this  chapter  or  the
      provisions  of  the civil practice law and rules, in connection with any
      matter arising under this chapter, or any related income or earnings tax
      statute, to attend as a witness or to produce books, accounts,  records,
      memoranda,  documents  or  other papers, and who (1) fails or refuses to
      attend without lawful excuse, (2)  refuses  to  be  sworn,  (3)  without
      asserting  a  valid  legal  privilege refuses to answer any material and
      proper question, or  (4)  without  asserting  a  valid  legal  privilege
      refuses,  after  reasonable notice, to produce books, accounts, records,
      memoranda, documents or other papers that constitute material and proper
      evidence in his or her possession or under his or her control, shall  be
      guilty of a misdemeanor.