yourstate.us
Home / Hawaii / Offenses Against Public Administration
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 710-1061

False swearing in official matters

Hawaii · Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 710 — Offenses Against Public Administration · Status: effective

Get this as JSONEmbed this
Cite this
Citation
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 710-1061, False swearing in official matters, Hawaii, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2430754
Permanent ID
ys:prov:2430754@1
SHA-256
1f42cb37e191b289d83f1c98090e39c0c6200923245e162b4f396f7c6ed0d394

The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.

Full text

(1) A person commits the offense of false swearing in official matters if the person makes, under an oath required or authorized by law, a false statement which the person does not believe to be true, and: (a) The statement is made in an official proceeding; or (b) The statement is intended to mislead a public servant in the performance of the public servant's official duty. (2) False swearing in official matters is a misdemeanor.