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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 603-3 (2026)

  First circuit court judges

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     §603-3  First circuit court judges.  Effective July 1, 1992, the circuit court of the first circuit shall consist of twenty-five judges, who shall be styled as first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, and twenty-fifth judge, respectively. [L 1892, c 57, pt of §30; RL 1945, §9633; am L 1945, c 142, §1; am L 1951, c 26, §1; am L 1953, c 129, §1; RL 1955, §215-3; am L 1959, c 223, §1; am L 1965, c 216, §1 and c 232, §1; HRS §603-3; am L 1972, c 88, §3(a); am L 1978, c 177, §1; am L 1982, c 214, §1; am L 1992, c 4, §1 and c 253, §3]

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2006–2015 · leading case: Est. of Kam, 129 P.3d 511 (Haw. 2006).
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Est. of Kam, 129 P.3d 511 (Haw. 2006). · cites it 2× “HRS §§ 603-3 and - 4 (1993). A family court, on the other hand, may be presided over by either a circuit judge or a district judge.”
State v. Abregano., 363 P.3d 838 (Haw. 2015). “” Abregano argued that Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) §§ 603-3 and 603-41 require there to be twenty-five circuit court judges in the first circuit, and allow for substitute retired judges or judges from other circuits in the case of court congestion.”
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