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title: "District of Hawaii: declaration captioned \"Reliance on Unverified Source\" (General Order 23-1, court-wide)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/us-fed-dhaw-reliance-on-unverified-source-declaration"
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kind: "court-document"
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law_stated_as_at: "2026-11-07"
---

# District of Hawaii: declaration captioned "Reliance on Unverified Source" (General Order 23-1, court-wide)

> Fill-in declaration for any filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii generated by an 'unverified source', including AI platforms: it discloses the reliance and verifies the material is not fictitious.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/us-fed-dhaw-reliance-on-unverified-source-declaration  
Law stated as at: 2026-11-07

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## Key facts

- Kind: Court document. A document filed or served in a court or tribunal.
- Practice area: [Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution.md)
- Jurisdictions: United States, United States federal courts, Hawaii
- AI level: Green. The tool writes the first draft inside a template you have already tested. You check it. Without that test, first drafting starts at Yellow.
- Law stated as at: 2026-11-07
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-11-07 against the 2 authorities it cites, for United States, United States federal courts and Hawaii.

## When to use it

Use in any case in the District of Hawaii, before any judge, when a filing or submission was generated by an AI platform (for example ChatGPT or Bard) or by a paid online brief writer not tailored to the case. File it at the same time as the material. Judge Kobayashi's own certificate in this library's federal chambers certificates may also apply.

## How AI may be used

A tool may lay out the General Order 23-1 statement and fill in facts the signer gives it. The signer decides what to say about the AI use and makes the checks the statement describes.

**AI may:**

- Insert the tool name, version and uses the signer has recorded
- Insert only a version of the statement that the rule or order provides and that matches the signer's account of AI use
- Check that the statement sits where the rule or order says it must

**AI must not:**

- Must not state that citations, quotations or facts were checked; only the signer can say that after doing it
- Must not describe the AI use more narrowly than the file record shows
- Must not put prompts, privileged material or confidential client information in the statement

**The lawyer checks:**

- The current General Order 23-1 rule or order has been opened on the court's own site and matches the words used
- Every citation and quotation was checked by a person against an official or recognised source
- The statement is placed and signed as the rule requires, by the person the rule names

## Authorities

- [U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, General Order 23-1, In re: Use of Unverified Sources (14 November 2023; Chief Judge Watson and Judges Seabright, Kobayashi and Otake)](https://www.hid.uscourts.gov/cms/assets/23a3ee72-c96c-42c4-b184-e8a748a00f64/General%20Order%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20Unverified%20Sources.pdf)
- [Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_11)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/us-fed-dhaw-reliance-on-unverified-source-declaration and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*