DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY

Depositions and discovery in land court shall be governed by the Rules of the Circuit Courts of the State of Hawaiʻi and the Hawaiʻi Rules of Civil Procedure except that in any proceeding: (1) the land court may, by order, direct that Chapter V of the Hawaiʻi Rules of Civil Procedure shall not be applicable to the proceeding if the court for good cause finds that the application thereof would not be feasible or would work an injustice; and (2) if the proceeding be ex parte any deposition therein upon oral examination or upon written interrogatories shall be pursuant to motion and order of court, rather than pursuant to notice as set forth in subdivision (a) of Rule 30 or subdivision (a) of Rule 31 of the Hawaiʻi Rules of Civil Procedure, and in any such case the order of court shall, for all purposes relating to said Chapter V, take the place of said notice. Any subpoenas for use in land court shall be governed by Rule 45 of the Hawaiʻi Rules of Civil Procedure. (Amended November 6, 2019, effective November 17, 2019.)