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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 804-17 (2026)

  Prompt appearance and response; default

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     §804-17  Prompt appearance and response; default.  The names of all persons who have given bail or have become bound by recognizance to appear in any court, shall be called in open court on the day and at the time they are respectively bound to appear, and if they fail to appear promptly and respond thereto, their default shall be entered, and the entry shall be evidence of the breach of their appearance bonds or recognizances. [PC 1869, c 50, §16; RL 1925, §3993; RL 1935, §5447; RL 1945, §10747; RL 1955, §256-17; HRS §709-17; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; am L 1981, c 62, §1]

 

Case Notes

 

  Action on bail bond properly brought in name of obligee though no longer sheriff.  19 H. 5 (1908).

  No default when appearance is made before adjournment of court.  56 H. 203, 532 P.2d 663 (1975).

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1996–2012 · leading case: State v. Camara, 916 P.2d 1225 (Haw. 1996).
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State v. Camara, 916 P.2d 1225 (Haw. 1996). · cites it 2× “HRS § 804-17 (1993) provides that [t]he names of all persons who have given bail or have become bound by recognizance to appear in any court, shall be called in open court on the day and at the time they are respectively bound to appear, and if they fail to appear promptly and…”
State v. Diaz., 286 P.3d 824 (Haw. 2012). · cites it 2× “HRS § 804-17. 4. The court was mandated on August 9, 2004 to enter default based on [Petitioner’s] failure to appear.”
State v. Ranger Ins. Co. Ex Rel. James Lindblad, Inc., 925 P.2d 288 (Haw. 1996). · cites it 2× “HRS § 804-17 provides: Prompt appearance and response; default.”
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