Hawaii Revised Statutes

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 804-11 (2026)

  One surety sufficient; when

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     §804-11  One surety sufficient; when.  A single surety is sufficient, if the surety offers cash, a credit or debit card authorization, stocks, bonds, or real property in accordance with section 804-11.5; otherwise, there shall be two or more sureties. [PC 1869, c 50, §9; RL 1925, §3987; RL 1935, §5441; RL 1945, §10741; RL 1955, §256-11; HRS §709-11; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1987, c 139, §6; am L 2004, c 71, §2]

 

Case Notes

 

  Property ownership requirement not applicable to surety company.  26 H. 236 (1922).

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1980–2017 · leading case: State v. Nelson, 398 P.3d 712 (Haw. 2017).
State v. Nelson, 398 P.3d 712 (Haw. 2017). · cites it 2× “HRS § 804-11 (2014). . Cash, credit and debit authorization, stocks, bonds, or real property as security for bail, (a) Any person who is permitted to give bail in accordance with sections 804-7.”
State v. Maldonado, 121 P.3d 901 (Haw. 2005). “The officers who approached defendant MALDONADO were in compliance with § 804-11[sic] HRS requirements to knock and announce their office, and demand entry before forcibly entering the premises to execute a warrant of arrest.”
State v. Lee, 620 P.2d 1091 (Haw. App. 1980). “If that is so, then § 804-11, HRS, is also pertinent. It provides: One surety sufficient, when.”
State v. Maldonado, 121 P.3d 911 (Haw. App. 2005). “The officers who approached defendant MALDONADO were in compliance with § 804-11[sic] HRS requirements to knock and announce their office, and demand entry before forcibly entering the premises to execute a warrant of arrest.”
State v. Nelson. Consol. with Nos. CAAP-12-0001041, CAAP-12-0001042, CAAP-12-0001043, CAAP-12-0001044, CAAP-12-0001045, CAAP-12-0001046, & CAAP-12-0001047. (Haw. 2017). · cites it 4× “HRS § 804-11 (2014). 8 *** FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST’S HAWAIʻI REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER *** deposit any security with the court7 if their bonds are guaranteed by a surety insurer.”
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