HRS §654-4
Court can question you about hidden property
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If a court order to get property back cannot be carried out because the property was sold or hidden, the court can make the person who has it come to court and answer questions under oath. The court can also punish anyone who blocks or ignores its orders.
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The statute, as written — Examination of defendant
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.
When it appears by the return of the officer to whom the order was issued that the property claimed has been disposed of or concealed so that the order cannot be executed, the court, upon motion and affidavit, may compel the attendance of the defendant or any other person to examine the defendant or other person on oath as to the situation of the property, and may punish a wilful hindrance to, or obstruction or disobedience of, any order of the court as a contempt. [L Sp 1949, c 7, pt of §1; RL 1955, §244-24; HRS §654-25; am L 1972, c 90, §1(d); ren HRS §654-4; gen ch 1985]
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