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HRS §612-5

When a juror must step aside due to a conflict

This law says a person cannot serve as a juror in a case if their close relative (up to a third-degree family connection) is a party, or if the juror or that relative has a financial stake in the outcome. It is a narrow rule about juror disqualification.

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The statute, as written — Disqualification by interest

No person shall sit as a juror in any case in which the person's relative by affinity or by consanguinity within the third degree is interested, either as a plaintiff or defendant, or in the issue of which the juror has, either directly or through such relative, any pecuniary interest.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

LawTrove is not legal advice. The summary above is a computer-generated restatement — the authoritative text is the official version linked above.