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HRS §412:2-606

Penalty for ignoring a subpoena from the financial examiner

If you are ordered by the financial commissioner or their examiner to testify, answer questions, or bring records, and you knowingly refuse without a valid reason, you can be charged with a misdemeanor. The punishment is set by other state laws.

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The statute, as written — Witness; failure to testify or produce records

Any person who knowingly fails to attend and testify or answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, accounts, records, contracts, or documents, if in the person's power to do so, in obedience to the lawful subpoena or lawful requirements of the commissioner, or an examiner employed by the commissioner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable pursuant to sections 706 - 663 and 706 - 640.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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