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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 603-12 (2025)

  Sessions, held where

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     §603-12  Sessions, held where.  Except as otherwise provided by statute, the sessions of the circuit courts shall be held as follows:  In the first circuit, at Honolulu; in the second circuit, at Wailuku; in the third circuit, at Hilo and Kona; in the fifth circuit, at Lihue. [L 1892, c 57, §31; am L 1895, c 6, §1; am L 1903, c 32, §8; am L 1905, c 34, §1 and c 56, §1; am L 1907, c 50, §1; am L 1911, c 126, §1; am L 1917, c 49, §1; am L 1919, c 27, §1; am L 1921, c 77, §1; RL 1925, §2244; RL 1935, §3640; am L 1943, c 141, §1(b); RL 1945, §9638; RL 1955, §215-8; HRS §603-12; am L 1972, c 88, §3(e); am L 1982, c 3, §1]

 

Rules of Court

 

  As to where acts or proceedings may take place, see HRCP rules 77(b), 82.

 

Case Notes

 

  All sessions in term cases of first circuit court must be held in Honolulu; parties' consent cannot confer extra-territorial jurisdiction.  46 H. 197, 377 P.2d 609 (1962).

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1980–1980 · leading case: Wallace v. Wallace, 619 P.2d 511 (Haw. App. 1980).
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Wallace v. Wallace, 619 P.2d 511 (Haw. App. 1980). · cites it 4× “7, 1972 Senate Journal at 697, and Report of Committee on Coordination of Rules and Statutes, September 1, 1971 (section dealing with HRS § 603-12 (1968)). Thus, the common law rule, which tied the power to set aside judgments to the term of the court, has been modified.”
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