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Hawaii Court Decisions

Supreme Court (Haw.) Intermediate Court of Appeals (Haw. Ct. App.) ————— U.S. District Court (D. Haw.) * —————  * Not available — Browse for information.

Appellate cases can be retrieved by citation (e.g., “80 Haw. 239” or “909 P.2d 567”) from a LEXIS database (free searching goes back five years only). There is also a text-search function. (Registration is required but is free.)

Additional Resources
¶  Supreme Court and Intermediate Court of Appeals Opinions ... [Haw. State Bar Ass'n] — Cases from 1989 to the present (but opinions are not available for some cases).

Hawaii Constitution and Legislation

1. Constitution (Haw. Const.)
   Additional Resources
   ¶  Nation of Hawai'i Constitution ... [Nation of Hawai'i]

2. Bills ... See also the Hawaii Legislature web site.
   Current Session
   Past Sessions
   Session Laws of Hawaii (Haw. Sess. Laws)
   2007 Session Laws 2006 Session Laws 2005 Session Laws 2004 Session Laws 2003 Session Laws 2002 Session Laws 2001 Session Laws 2000 Session Laws
   For session laws from a more-recent year (not listed here because links have not yet been created on the legislature's web site), see the Bills page (linked above) for that year, then follow links there for “List of Acts” and “List of Vetoed Measures” (consult both lists).
   Hawaii Revised Statutes (Haw. Rev. Stat.)
   Searching is recommended. Statutes can be browsed but only through a cumbersome and crude directory structure. See also uniform laws and interstate compacts. Superseded statutes also can be searched or browsed.
   Additional Resources
   ¶  Summaries of Bills Passed:  2007 (24th Leg., 1st Sess.) 2006 (23rd Leg., 2nd Sess.) 2005 (23rd Leg., 1st Sess.) 2004 (22nd Leg., 2nd Sess.) 2003 (22nd Leg., 1st Sess.) 2002 (21st Leg., 2nd Sess.) 2001 (21st Leg., 1st Sess.) 2000 (20th Leg., 2nd Sess.) 1999 (20th Leg., 1st Sess.) 1998 (19th Leg., 2nd Sess.)
   ¶  Supplemental Information on Bills:  2007 (24th Leg., 1st Sess.) 2006 (23rd Leg., 2nd Sess.) 2005 (23rd Leg., 1st Sess.) 2004 (22nd Leg., 2nd Sess.) 2003 (22nd Leg., 1st Sess.) 2002 (21st Leg., 2nd Sess.) 2001 (21st Leg., 1st Sess.) 2000 (20th Leg., 2nd Sess.) 1999 (20th Leg., 1st Sess.) 1998 (19th Leg., 2nd Sess.) ...Supplemental information includes a general index to bills passed, laws affected by bills passsed, and status of bills passed.

   ¶  Supplemental Information on Bills for 1997 (19th Leg., 1st Sess.) ... [Legislative Reference Bur.] — Where to obtain copies of bills and acts, a general index of bills, and references to laws affected by passed bills.
   ¶  Laws Affected by 1996 Bills Passed (18th Leg., 2nd Sess.) ... See “Supplemental Information” entries, above, for laws affected by legislation in subsequent years.
   ¶  Superseded Hawaii Revised Statutes:  2006 Statutes 2005 Statutes 2004 Statutes 2003 Statutes 2002 Statutes 2001 Statutes 2000 Statutes 1999 Statutes

   ¶  Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 89 — Public Employment Relations Act ... [Univ. of Haw., Center for Labor Education and Research (CLEAR)]
   ¶  Haw. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, ch. 231 et seq. — Taxation ... [Taxation Dep't] — Interface to chapters of this title.
   ¶  Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 377 — Employment Relations Act ... [Univ. of Haw., Center for Labor Education and Research (CLEAR)]
   ¶  Hawaii Labor Laws Explained ... [Univ. of Haw., Center for Labor Education and Research (CLEAR)] — Descriptions and explanations of Hawaii and federal laws related to labor.

Hawaii Rules of Procedure and Practice

Appellate Rules ♦ Rules of Appellate Courts
Rules of Appellate Procedure (Haw. R. App. P.) Appellate Conference Program Rules (Haw. App. Conf. R.) ————— Supreme Court Rules (Haw. S. Ct. R.) Intermediate Appellate Court Rules (Haw. App. Ct. R.)
Trial Rules ♦ Rules of Trial Courts
Rules of Civil Procedure (Haw. R. Civ. P.) Rules of Penal Procedure (Haw. R. Penal P.) ————— Circuit Court Rules (Haw. Cir. Ct. R.)     —Arbitration Rules (Haw. Arb. R.)     —Family Court Rules (Haw. Fam. Ct. R.)     —Probate Rules (Haw. Prob. R.) Land Court Rules (Haw. Land Ct. R.) Tax Appeal Court Rules (Haw. Tax App. Ct. R.) ————— District Court Rules (Haw. Dist. Ct. R.)     —Rules of Civil Procedure     —Small Claims Division Rules     —Civil Traffic Rules ————— U.S. District Court Rules (D. Haw. R.) U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules (D. Haw. Bankr. R.)
Rules of Practice
Rules of Professional Conduct ————— Code of Judicial Conduct Judicial Selection Commission Rules ————— Rules Governing Court Reporting

Hawaii Administrative Law Sources

1. Regulations
   Hawaii Administrative Regulations (Haw. Admin. Regs.)
   No compilation of the administrative regulations is available on the internet. For regulations promulgated by a particular agency, try that agency's web site. A collection of links to selected agencies' regulations can be found on the web site for the lieutenant governor.
   Orders ♦ Decisions ♦ Opinions
   Attorney General Opinions (Ops. Haw. Att'y Gen.) [from 1993] Attorney General Opinions [1987–1992] Campaign Spending Commission Advisory Opinions Office of Information Practices Opinions State Bar Association—Disciplinary Board Opinions ————— Honolulu Corporation Counsel Opinions

Hawaii Local Law Sources

Charters
Hawaii County Kauai County Maui County Honolulu  
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Hawaii County <1> Maui County <2>   
Click on the button keyed to the name of the county. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.
Municipal Ordinances
Honolulu <1>  
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.

Hawaii Law-Related Periodicals

1. Asian Pacific Law and Policy Journal (Asian Pac. L. & Pol'y J.) ... [William S. Richardson Sch. of Law / Univ. of Haw.]

Other Hawaii Commentary

1. Guide to Doing Business in Hawaii. Case Lombardi & Pettit. ... [Lex Mundi]

Hawaii Law-Related Topical Web Sites

Hawaii Court Information

Web Sites
Hawaii State Judiciary ————— U.S. District Court U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Hawaii Forms

1. Litigation Forms
   Court Forms ... [Supreme Ct.] — Forms for use in circuit courts, family courts, and district courts.
   Jury Instructions

2. Taxation Department: Tax Forms and Instructions

3. Business Entity Forms ...[Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.

Other Hawaii Resources

Government-Related Web Sites
Legislature Judicial Branch ————— Attorney General Public Defender ————— Commerce and Consumer Affairs Department Taxation Department
See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
Additional Resources
¶  Vital Records — Contact Information ... [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
¶  Workers' Compensation — Agency Contact and Staff Contact Information ... [Robert W. McDowell / North Carolina Industrial Commission]
1. Bar Associations ♦ Law-Related Organizations
   See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.
   Hawaii State Bar Association
   Local and Special Bar Associations

2. Law Schools ♦ Admission to Practice ♦ Continuing Legal Education
   Hawaii Bar Admission Instructions and Forms
   William S. Richardson School of Law (University of Hawaii)

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
Hawaii Supreme Court University of Hawaii
See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
1. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for Hawaii Residents ... [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of Hawaii law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in Hawaii.

2. Low-Cost Legal Aid ... See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
   1. LawHelp Hawaii ... [Pro Bono Net (N.Y.) / Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i] — This web site is a guide to help individuals and families who cannot afford to hire a private attorney with their civil legal needs.
   2. Hawaii Legal Help for the Poor ... [Am. Bar Ass'n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA's Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs' web sites.
   3. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help ... [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.