Food and Agricultural Code § 55811

If any person in any proceedings before the director disobeys or resists any lawful order or refuses to respond to a subpoena, or refuses to take the oath or affirmation as a witness or thereafter refuses to be examined, or is guilty of misconduct during a hearing or so near the place of a hearing as to obstruct the proceeding, the director shall certify the facts to the superior court in and for the county where the proceedings are held.