4. Subpoenas and summons. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee after consultation with the appropriate attorney for the State or the legal counsel for the department may:

A. Serve subpoenas requiring persons to disclose or provide to the department information or records in their possession that are necessary and relevant to an investigation under the animal welfare laws.

(1) The department may apply to the District Court to enforce a subpoena.

(2) A person who complies with a subpoena is immune from civil or criminal liability that might otherwise result from the act of turning over or providing information or records to the department.

5.__Serve civil and criminal process.__Upon completion of and meeting the requirements stated in subsection 3, the chief humane agent and humane agents have the authority to serve civil and criminal process.

Sec. 9. 7 MRSA §3921-A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 129, §2, is amended to read:

§3921-A. Permanent identification of wolf hybrids

The commissioner chief humane agent shall adopt rules to establish methods of identifying wolf hybrids through tattooing, the placement of a microchip under the animal's skin or any other method determined by the commissioner chief humane agent as adequately providing a permanent means of identification on the body of the animal. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A 2-A. A person may not own or keep a wolf hybrid unless the animal has identification in compliance with the rules adopted under this section.

Sec. 10. 7 MRSA §3922, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1997, c. 704, §7, is further amended to read: