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HRS §621C-1

When you cannot use self-incrimination to refuse an order

If you are ordered to testify or provide records in an official state proceeding, you cannot refuse just because it might incriminate you. This applies after the presiding officer tells you about the order. The order comes from this chapter.

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The statute, as written — Self-incrimination claim precluded

If a person refuses, on the basis of the person's privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce a record, document, or other object in an official proceeding conducted under the authority of: (1) A court or grand jury; (2) An agency of the State; or (3) Either house of the legislature, a joint committee of the two houses, or a committee or a subcommittee of either house; and the presiding officer informs the person of an order issued under this chapter, the person may not refuse to comply with the order on the basis of the person's privilege against self-incrimination.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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