HRS §621-13
Oaths are valid even if official lacked authority
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says an oath is still valid if it was given by a judge, clerk, notary, or other person allowed to give oaths in that place, even if that person did not have authority over the specific matter. It protects the oath from being challenged on that ground.
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The statute, as written — Oaths, validity of
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.
If an oath has been administered by a judge of a court of record, or by a clerk, notary public, or other person having authority to administer oaths by the law of the place where the oath was administered, it shall not be an objection to the validity of the oath that the judge or other person has not jurisdiction or cognizance of the matter or thing concerning which the oath was administered.
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