HCC §18-10
How the commission makes its own rules and handles evidence
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section lets the commission create and change its own rules for how it works, as long as those rules follow the law. The commission does not have to follow strict court evidence rules and can decide what evidence to accept to be fair.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Rules; procedure and evidence
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The commission may make and amend rules not inconsistent with law respecting the procedure before it and shall not be bound by the strict rules of evidence but may exercise its own discretion in those matters with a view to doing substantial justice.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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