HRS §124B-72
What happens if a civilian ignores a military court subpoena
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that if a person who is not in the military gets a valid subpoena from a military court, is paid witness fees, and then willfully refuses to show up, testify, or provide evidence, they commit a state offense. The military court can punish them like a civil court would.
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The statute, as written — Refusal of person not subject to chapter to appear, testify, or produce evidence
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Any person not subject to this chapter who: (1) Has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to produce records before a military court or before any military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read into evidence before a court; (2) Has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates allowed to witnesses attending the circuit court; and (3) Wilfully neglects or refuses to appear, qualify as a witness, or testify or to produce any evidence that the person may have been legally subpoenaed to produce, shall be guilty of an offense against the State and a military court may punish the person in the same manner as the civil courts of the State.
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