HRS §329-69
When the public safety director can subpoena witnesses and records
The public safety director or a chosen staff member can use court rules to subpoena witnesses, question them under oath, and demand documents if they think it helps enforce this law. They can keep the documents for 48 hours to review or copy them. A court can enforce the subpoena if someone does not comply.
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The statute, as written — Subpoena powers
[Section effective until December 31, 2023. For section effective January 1, 2024, see below.] Subject to the privileges which witnesses have in the courts of this State, the director of public safety or the director's designated subordinate is empowered pursuant to and in accordance with the rules of court to subpoena witnesses, examine them under oath and require the production of books, papers, documents or objects where the director of public safety reasonably believes the information sought is relevant or material to enforcement of this chapter. Books, papers, documents, or objects obtained pursuant to exercise of these powers may be retained by the director of public safety or the director's designate for forty-eight hours for the purpose of examination, audit, copying, testing, or photographing. Upon application by the director of public safety, obedience to the subpoenas may be enforced by the circuit court in the county where the person subpoenaed resides or is found in the same manner as a subpoena issued by the clerk of a circuit court.
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