The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Hawaii
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- HRS 601-2(a) and -2(b)(6); Haw. Const. art. VI, secs. 6-7
- Issued
- 2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-17
- End
- 2020-04-30 (extended through May 29, 2020 by the Apr. 27 order and thereafter by successive operations orders) (read as 2020-04-30)
- In force
- Mar. 17, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- all State courts
- parties, attorneys, jurors, witnesses
- Functions reached
- CT courts (all civil, family, landlord-tenant and most criminal proceedings)
- CL closings and collections dependent on court process
- PM evictions (landlord-tenant cases postponed)
- Collection
- Hawaii HI
Operative words
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, with the exception of emergency and time-sensitive matters, in-person appearances for civil, family, and, to the extent possible, criminal dockets will be limited starting Tuesday March 17, 2020 until Thursday April 30, 2020... 2. Ongoing Trials: All ongoing trials will be postponed to a date after Thursday, April 30, 2020. 3. Civil: Civil trials and hearings will be postponed to a date after Thursday April 30, 2020... This directive applies to small claims, landlord-tenant, and civil traffic infraction cases.
Enforcement
Court order; chief judges of each circuit to devise circuit plans
Notes
The Hawaii Judiciary is a unified State system; this order reached every circuit and district court