DIVISION 4.  COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS

 

Note

 

  Pursuant to article VI, section 7 of the state constitution, the supreme court promulgated rules having the force and effect of law.  Statutes relating to process, practice, procedure, and appeals remain in force and effect if, but only if, they are not in conflict with the rules of court.  Accordingly, the procedural statutes set out in this division should be compared with the rules of court to ascertain whether they have been superseded in whole or in part.  As to applicability of rules, see HRCP rules 1 and 81; HRPP rules 1 and 54; RCC rules 1.1, 32, and 34; HAR rule 2; RDC rules 1.1 and 31; DCRCP rules 1 and 81; RSCD rule 1; HFCR rules 1 and 81; HRAP rules 1, 2, and 2.1; see also Rules of the Supreme Court, Hawaii Rules of Professional Conduct, Hawaii Revised Code of Judicial Conduct, Rules of the Intermediate Court of Appeals, Rules of the Tax Appeal Court, and Rules of the Land Court.

 

Rules of Court

 

  See also Hawaii Appellate Mediation Program Rules; Hawaii Probate Rules; Hawaii Civil Traffic Rules; Rules Governing Court Reporting; Hawaii Rules for Certification of Spoken and Sign Language Interpreters.

 

TITLE 32.  COURTS AND COURT

OFFICERS

 

Chapter

     601 Courts Generally

     602 Courts of Appeal

     603 Circuit Courts

     604 District Courts

    604A Environmental Courts

     605 Attorneys

     606 Clerks, Reporters, Interpreters, Etc.

     607 Costs and Fees

     608 Expenses and Salaries

     609 Jurors--Repealed

     610 Retirement and Removal of Justices and Judges--Repealed

     611 Counsel and Other Services for Indigent Defendants--

         Repealed

     612 Jurors

     613 Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution

     614 Criminal Justice Research Institute

     615 Women's Corrections Implementation Commission

 

 

Note

 

  Community court outreach project; annual report to 2018-2020 legislature.  L 2017, c 55.

 

CHAPTER 601

COURTS GENERALLY

 

Section

    601-1 Judiciary

  601-1.5 Emergency period; suspension of deadlines

    601-2 Administration

    601-3 Administrative director

  601-3.2 Reporting of non-general fund information

  601-3.5 Supreme court law library revolving fund

  601-3.6 Spouse and child abuse special account; judiciary

  601-3.7 Judiciary computer system special fund

    601-4 Judicial council

    601-5 Independence of judiciary

    601-6 Repealed

    601-7 Disqualification of judge; relationship, pecuniary

          interest, previous judgment, bias or prejudice

    601-8 Practice of law forbidden

    601-9 Same, other instances

   601-10 to 12 Repealed

   601-13 Publication of notices and process

   601-14 Repealed

   601-15 Style of process

   601-16 Repealed

   601-17 Use of credit and debit cards to pay for court

          costs, fees, expenses, and other charges

 601-17.5 Collection of delinquent court-ordered payments

   601-18 Interest income

   601-20 Court annexed arbitration program

   601-21 Substance abuse treatment monitoring program

 

        Sheriff

   601-31 to 38 Repealed

 

        Security Personnel

   601-51 Repealed

 

Note

 

  Decriminalizing minor offenses.  L 2005, c 124; L 2008, c 101.

  Financial hardship task force; report to 2020 legislature (ceases to exist on June 30, 2020).  L 2019, c 112, §2.

  Judicial security task force; report to 2023 legislature (ceases to exist on July 1, 2023).  L 2022, c 46, §2.

  Women's court pilot program; report to governor and legislature no later than forty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2023, 2024, and 2025 (repealed on June 30, 2025).  L 2022, c 243.

 

Cross References

 

  Commission on salaries, see §26-56.

  Intermediate sanctions for selected offenders and defendants, see §§353-10.5, 353-63.5, and 706-605.1.

 

Rules of Court

 

  Court interpreter certification program, see Hawaii Rules for Certification of Spoken and Sign Language Interpreters.

 

Law Journals and Reviews

 

  Judicial Independence:  The Hawaii Experience.  2 UH L. Rev. 1 (1979).