DIVISION 4.  COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS

 

Note

 

  Pursuant to Article VI, Section 7 of the State Constitution, the Supreme Court has 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statutes set out in this division should be compared with the rules of court to ascertain whether they have been superseded in whole or in part.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 32 and 34; HAR rule 2; RDC rules 31 and 32; DCRCP rules 1 and 81; RSCD rule 1; HFCR rules 1 and 81; HRAP rules 1 and 49; see also Rules of the Supreme Court, Code of Professional Responsibility, 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 Conference Program Rules; Hawaii Arbitration Rules; Hawaii Probate Rules; Hawaii Civil Traffic Rules; Rules Governing Court Reporting.

 

TITLE 32.  COURTS AND COURT

OFFICERS

 

Chapter

   601 Courts Generally

   602 Courts of Appeal

   603 Circuit Courts

   604 District 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   609 Jurors--Repealed

   610 Retirement and Removal of Justices and Judges--Repealed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       Repealed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

 

Note

 

  Workforce restructuring:  special retirement incentive benefit (repealed June 30, 2008).  L 2000, c 253, §§115, 122; L 2002, c 131, §2.

 

CHAPTER 601

COURTS GENERALLY

 

Section

    601-1 Judiciary

  601-1.5 Civil defense emergency period; suspension of

          deadlines

    601-2 Administration

    601-3 Administrative director

  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    601-6 Repealed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   601-10 to 12 Repealed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 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

 

  Federal revenue maximization program for judiciary (reports to legislature through 2010).  L 2006, c 194.

  Report to legislature on changes to appellate court system (2010).  L 2006, c 94, §2.

  Special sentencing of habitual violent felons; report to 2011 legislature (repealed July 1, 2011).  L 2006, c 81.

 

Cross References

 

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

  Judicial salary commission, see §608-1.5.

 

Law Journals and Reviews

 

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