HRS §560:1-310

Documents filed with the court are sworn as true

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When you file a document with the court under this chapter, you are automatically swearing that what you wrote is true to the best of your knowledge. If you deliberately lie in the document, you could face penalties for perjury.

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The statute, as written — Oath or affirmation on filed documents

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.

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter or by rule, every document filed with the court under this chapter including applications, petitions, and demands for notice, shall be deemed to include an oath, affirmation, or statement to the effect that its representations are true as far as the person executing or filing it knows or is informed, and penalties for perjury may follow deliberate falsification therein.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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