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HI Rev Stat § 606-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|606. Clerks, Reporters, Interpreters, Etc.|606-5 Free copies of certain decrees to veterans.

  §606-5 Free copies of certain decrees to veterans. The clerk of any state court shall provide to any veteran of the armed forces of the United States, the veteran's spouse, any member of the immediate family of a veteran, or the next of kin of a deceased veteran, free copies of decrees of divorce or adoption, when such copies are required for use in connection with a claim based on service in the armed forces of the United States. [L 1949, c 44, §1; RL 1955, §218-5; HRS §606-5; am L 1972, c 139, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 606-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|606. Clerks, Reporters, Interpreters, Etc.|606-8 Powers and duties of clerks.

  §606-8 Powers and duties of clerks. The clerks of the courts of record may issue process, administer oaths, take depositions, and perform all other duties pertaining to their office. A clerk shall attend and record the proceedings at all sittings of courts of record.  The clerks of the circuit courts shall be ex officio masters in matters referred to them by the court. [L 1892, c 57, §62; am L 1911, c 127, §2; RL 1925, §2297; RL 1935, §3696; RL 1945, §9727; RL 1955, §218-8; HRS §606-8; am L 1972, c 88, §4(e)] Case Notes  Chambers summonses were only issuable by clerks of the circuit court under this section. 35 H. 689 (1940).  Cited: 12 H. 189, 195 (1899); 32 H. 995, 997 (1934); 33 H. 799, 804 (1936).  Cited: 133 H. 102, 324 P.3d 912 (2014).
HI Rev Stat § 606-12.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|606. Clerks, Reporters, Interpreters, Etc.|606-12.5 Certified shorthand reporter; administration of oaths or affirmations.

  §606-12.5 Certified shorthand reporter; administration of oaths or affirmations. A certified shorthand reporter may administer oaths or affirmations and may perform the duties of a deposition officer pursuant to rules of court relating to persons before whom depositions may be taken. [L 2010, c 110, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 606-13 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|606. Clerks, Reporters, Interpreters, Etc.|606-13 Salary and perquisites of official court reporters.

  §606-13 Salary and perquisites of official court reporters. [(a)] Each official court reporter shall receive for services as prescribed in section 606-12 the salary that may be appropriated from time to time as compensation for the official court reporter's services in court. Each official court reporter may charge and collect fees for transcripts requested by the parties, including state courts, pursuant to rules promulgated by the supreme court through its rulemaking authority. The fees for transcripts ordered by a party shall be paid by the party ordering the same and, except in the case of the attorney general, the public defender, or the county or prosecuting attorneys or corporation counsels, no official court reporter shall be required to perform any such service until the fees have been paid or the amount of the estimated cost of the fees deposited with the clerk of the court.  [(b)] Where the court, of its own motion, orders a transcript to be prepared of the whole or any part of the testimony in a civil cause, it may, in its discretion, direct the payment of the charges therefor, and the taxation of the same as costs, in such manner as to it may seem just. Where the attorney general, the public defender, or the county or prosecuting attorney or corporation counsel, desires transcripts for official use, either original or copy, the official court reporter may be paid for same by warrant upon the treasury of the State or county, as the case may be.  [(c)] Official court reporters or other persons preparing transcripts shall provide, at their own expense, all supplies directly related to the preparation thereof. [L 1915, c 88, §3; RL 1925, §2301; RL 1935, §3700; am L 1941, c 29, §1; RL 1945, §9733; am L 1949, c 361, §1; RL 1955, §218-13; am L 1963, c 89, §1; HRS §606-13; am L 1969, c 184, §1; am L 1972, c 88, §4(k), (l); am L 1975, c 100, §1; am L 1981, c 63, §1; am L 1983, c 73, §1; am L 1996, c 226, §3] Rules of Court  Order for transcript of evidence, see RCC rule 25 and RDC rule 25; transcripts, rates, see RCR rule 19.  Recording of testimony and proceedings, see RCC rule 25.1; RDC rule 25.1. Case Notes  Appellee was entitled to recover cost of one copy of transcripts in amount authorized by this section. 79 H. 291, 901 P.2d 1270 (1995).
HI Rev Stat § 606-13.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|606. Clerks, Reporters, Interpreters, Etc.|606-13.5 Definitions.

  §606-13.5 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:  "Certified shorthand reporter" means a shorthand reporter certified by the Hawaii supreme court through the Hawaii board of certified shorthand reporters.  "Official court reporter" means a certified shorthand reporter employed by the courts of the State to provide court reporting services.  "Private court reporter" means a certified shorthand reporter who offers services on a freelance basis and who is not employed by the courts of the State. [L 1996, c 226, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 606-13.6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|606. Clerks, Reporters, Interpreters, Etc.|606-13.6 Private court reporters; contracts.

 [ §606-13.6] Private court reporters; contracts. (a) Any contract for private court reporting services, not related to a particular case or reporting incident, shall be prohibited between a private court reporter or any other person with whom a private court reporter has a principal and agency relationship, and any attorney, party to an action, party having a financial interest in an action, or any entity providing the services of a certified shorthand reporter. Negotiating or bidding reasonable fees, equal to all parties, on a case-by-case basis may not be prohibited.  (b) Violation of this section shall be grounds for discipline, censure, or suspension or revocation of licensure.  L 1996, c 226, pt of §1 Rules of Court  Certification of court reporters, see Rules Governing Court Reporting.
HI Rev Stat § 606-13.7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|606. Clerks, Reporters, Interpreters, Etc.|606-13.7 Official court reporters' notes; ownership.

  §606-13.7 Official court reporters' notes; ownership. All official court reporters' notes shall be the property of the State. [L 1996, c 226, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 606-14 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|606. Clerks, Reporters, Interpreters, Etc.|606-14 Bailiffs.

  §606-14 Bailiffs. The judge of the circuit court of each judicial circuit or division may appoint a person to be known as "court officer and bailiff" or "special court officer". Each of the persons so appointed shall be removable by the judge by whom the person is appointed, except as otherwise provided. In the first circuit one of the persons so appointed shall be designated as "chief court officer and bailiff", and another as "assistant chief court officer and bailiff".  The court officers and bailiffs or special court officers shall attend upon the trial of causes, keep order in the courtroom and judiciary building, serve notices and other process of the court as directed by any judge of the court, summon jurors and under the supervision of the respective courtroom clerks, have custody over juries and perform any other duties in and around the court as shall be from time to time required of them by the presiding judges or by rule of court. They shall be in attendance during all sessions of the court and perform other duties during business hours or during emergencies as may be required of them by the respective judges, absenting themselves only upon special permission from the judge presiding in the court or from the chief court officer and bailiff.  They shall receive for their services salaries as provided by law. They shall not be entitled to any fees for the service of process or for the performance of any other service, but where fees are chargeable by law for such services, such fees shall become a general governmental realization. If required to serve any notice or process they shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable actual expenses for transportation, to be paid out of circuit court expenses, in such sums as may be approved by a judge of the court.  In the performance of their duties they shall have the general powers of a police officer, including all of the authority, powers, and duties as set forth in chapter 803; provided they shall not interfere with the work of the sheriff, the chiefs of police or their deputies in the service of any process for which fees are paid.  An appointee under this section who, at the time of the appointment, is a member of any pension or retirement fund provided by law shall continue as such member after the appointment with the same rights to prior and subsequent service credit as if the appointee had remained in the service of the State or county in any former service. [L 1941, c 332, §1; RL 1945, §9734; am L 1945, c 249, §1; RL 1955, §218-14; am L 1963, c 85, §3; HRS §606-14; am L 1972, c 88, §4(m); gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c 211, §10; am L 1990, c 281, §11]
HI Rev Stat § 606-15 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|606. Clerks, Reporters, Interpreters, Etc.|606-15 REPEALED.

  §606-15 REPEALED. L 1972, c 88, §4(n).
HI Rev Stat § 607-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|607. Costs and Fees|607-1 Power of supreme court with respect to costs and fees.

  §607-1 Power of supreme court with respect to costs and fees. The supreme court shall have power by rule of court, from time to time, to revise, amend, add to, or eliminate any of the items of costs and fees provided in this chapter, to prescribe such costs and fees as it deems reasonable in all cases not therein provided for, and to prescribe the amount to be paid in advance to the clerk of any court in any proceeding on account of the costs and fees. All fees prescribed by the supreme court by rule of court for electronic document certification, electronic copies of documents, and for providing bulk access to electronic court records and compilations of data shall be deposited into the judiciary computer system special fund. [CC 1859, §1282; RL 1925, §2554; RL 1935, §3803; am L 1935, c 55, §1; RL 1945, §9741; RL 1955, §219-1; HRS §607-1; am L 1974, c 145, §5; am L 2004, c 230, § §3, 6; am L 2006, c 21, §1; am L 2011, c 60, §2] Case Notes  Cited: 35 H. 682, 684 (1940); 44 H. 147, 149, 355 P.2d 40 (1960); 51 H. 346, 348, 461 P.2d 140 (1969).
HI Rev Stat § 607-1.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|607. Costs and Fees|607-1.5 Court interpreting services revolving fund.

  §607-1.5 Court interpreting services revolving fund. (a) There is established in the state treasury the court interpreting services revolving fund, into which shall be deposited:  (1) Fees, charges, and other moneys collected for programs relating to interpreter issues and training, screening, testing, and certification of court interpreters;  (2) All moneys received from public or private sources for the purposes of this fund; and  (3) Any interest accrued or investment earnings realized that are attributable to the moneys in the revolving fund.  (b) Moneys in the court interpreting services revolving fund shall be administered and expended by the administrative director of the courts to support the court interpreting services program's educational services and the program's activities relating to the training, screening, testing, and certification of court interpreters. [L 2005, c 184, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 607-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|607. Costs and Fees|607-2 Fees to be accounted for.

  §607-2 Fees to be accounted for. With the exception of fees prescribed by the supreme court by rule of court for electronic document certification, electronic copies of documents, and for providing bulk access to electronic court records and compilations of data, which shall be deposited into the judiciary computer system special fund, and fees intended to reimburse officers for actual expenditures made by them, all judges', clerks', sheriffs', and deputy sheriffs' fees provided for in this chapter and accruing from any action pending in any court shall be deposited to the credit of the general fund of the State. [CC 1859, pt of §1281; am L 1907, c 62, §1; RL 1925, §2555; RL 1935, §3804; RL 1945, §9742; am L 1945, c 57, §1; RL 1955, §219-2; am L 1965, c 97, §15; HRS §607-2; am L 1970, c 188, §28; am L 1972, c 88, §5(a); am L 1979, c 105, §60; am L 1989, c 211, §10; am L 1990, c 281, § §6, 11; am L 2004, c 230, § §4, 6; am L 2006, c 21, §1; am L 2011, c 60, §3] Case Notes  Cited: 31 H. 242, 256 (1930); 35 H. 682, 684 (1940).
HI Rev Stat § 607-2.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|607. Costs and Fees|607-2.5 Exemption of costs and fees.

  §607-2.5 Exemption of costs and fees. Persons subject to domestic abuse, abuse of family or household members, stalking, or sexual assault shall be exempt from paying the costs and fees prescribed in this chapter in connection with filing, issuance, registration, or service of a protection order, or a petition for a protection order, warrant, or witness subpoena issued for the purpose of preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment against, or contact or communication with or physical proximity to, another person. For purposes of this section, the term "protection order" means any temporary or final order of protection, a restraining order, or an injunction involving domestic abuse, abuse of family or household members, stalking, or sexual assault issued by a civil or criminal court, other than a support or custody order. [L 2003, c 65, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 607-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|607. Costs and Fees|607-3 Court costs, waiver of prepayment, reduction or remission of.

  §607-3 Court costs, waiver of prepayment, reduction or remission of. The judges of all the courts of the State shall have discretionary power to waive the prepayment of costs or to reduce or remit costs where, in special or extraordinary cases, the cost of any suit, action, or proceeding may, to the judges, appear onerous. [L 1923, c 101, § §1, 2; RL 1925, §2545; RL 1935, §3794; am L 1939, c 19, §3; RL 1945, §9743; RL 1955, §219-3; HRS §607-3; am L 1970, c 188, §39; am L 1972, c 88, §5(b)] Case Notes  Where payment of $275 in fees well exceeded prisoner petitioner's meager earnings and "savings" and, thus, would be excessively burdensome, to require the payment of such costs under the circumstances clearly exceeded "the bounds of reason"; thus, it was an abuse of discretion for the trial court to deny petitioner's request to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to this section. 113 H. 315, 151 P.3d 796 (2007).  In exercising discretion, court may consider movants' estate or their net worth. 2 H. App. 1, 625 P.2d 378 (1981).  Cited: 31 H. 242, 254 (1930); 32 H. 385, 386 (1932); 35 H. 563 (1940); 35 H. 564 (1940); 35 H. 682 (1940); 44 H. 613, 623, 359 P.2d 932 (1961).
HI Rev Stat § 607-3.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|607. Costs and Fees|607-3.5 Security for costs.

  §607-3.5 Security for costs. The several courts shall have power to require either the plaintiff or defendant, upon the application of the opposite party, to give security for costs in any civil cause, upon such terms and conditions as the court deems just. [L 1972, c 88, §5(c)] Cross References  Vexatious litigants; security, see chapter 634J. Case Notes  There is a wide discretion in the matter of requiring security for costs. 26 H. 112, 116 (1921); 34 H. 308 (1937); 35 H. 907 (1941).  A circuit judge at chambers in proceedings for probate of a will may require of contestant security for costs. 29 H. 455 (1926).  See 22 H. 303 (1914), cited 29 H. 242, 243 (1926), as to necessity for finality of judgment in order to appeal.
HI Rev Stat § 607-5.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|607. Costs and Fees|607-5.5 REPEALED.

  §607-5.5 REPEALED. L 2004, c 3, §5. Note  L 2004, c 202, §63 purports to amend this section.
HI Rev Stat § 607-5.6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|607. Costs and Fees|607-5.6 Surcharge for parent education for separating parties in matrimonial actions, where either party has a minor child, and for parties in parentage actions; special fund.

  §607-5.6 Surcharge for parent education for separating parties in matrimonial actions, where either party has a minor child, and for parties in parentage actions; special fund. (a) In addition to the fees prescribed under section 607-5 for a matrimonial action where either party has a minor child, or a family court proceeding under chapter 584, the court shall collect a surcharge of $50 at the time of filing the initial complaint or petition. In cases where the surcharge has been initially waived, the court may collect the surcharge subsequent to the filing with such surcharge to be assessed from either party or apportioned between both parties.  (b) No surcharge shall be assessed:  (1) Against any party who has received an initial waiver of filing fees, except that the court may subsequently determine that a party has the financial ability to pay the surcharge; or  (2) Against any party proceeding on behalf of the State or any of the various counties.  (c) Surcharges subject to this section shall be limited to one surcharge per case.  (d) There is established within the state treasury the parent education special fund into which shall be deposited revenues assessed under subsection (a), interest and investment earnings, grants, donations, and contributions from private or public sources. The fund shall be administered by the judiciary, subject to the conditions specified in subsection (e).  (e) The special fund shall be used solely for expenditures related to providing education on all islands for separating parents in matrimonial actions and parties in parentage actions and their minor children. Revenues deposited into the special fund may be used for existing or enhanced parent education programs administered by the judiciary, or for grants or purchases of service pursuant to chapter 42F. All appropriations or authorizations from the special fund shall be expended by the judiciary.  (f) The judiciary shall submit an annual financial report to the legislature, prior to the convening of each regular session, which shall include an accounting of all deposits and expenditures from the fund. [L 1997, c 274, §2; am L 2003, c 41, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 607-6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|607. Costs and Fees|607-6 Appellate court costs.

 §607-6 Appellate court costs. (a) All proceedings in the courts of appeal shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the supreme court. Upon the filing of any appeal or the institution of any original suit, action, or other proceeding in the supreme court or the intermediate appellate court, there shall be paid by the person filing such appeal, or instituting the suit, action, or other proceeding, as appellate court costs, the sum of $100. For purposes of this section, applications for transfer and applications for writs of certiorari to the intermediate appellate court shall not be deemed other proceedings.  (b) In addition to the costs of court enumerated in subsection (a), the clerk of the supreme court shall charge and collect, for miscellaneous services performed by the clerk, the following sums:  (1) For filing any paper not in a pending suit, action, or other proceeding................................... $3  (2) For issuing any subpoena, for each witness to be served.................................................. $3  (3) All amounts necessary to cover actual costs or disbursements for printing, publishing, or posting notice, service fees, mileage charges, or other services actually performed. [RL 1935, pt of §3791; am L 1939, c 19, pt of §1; am L 1941, c 229, pt of §1; RL 1945, §9746; RL 1955, §219-6; am L 1957, c 316, §23; HRS §607-6; am L 1972, c 88, §5(k); am L 1974, c 145, §8; am L 1979, c 111, §5(2); gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c 44, §1; am L 1998, c 128, §4; am L 2004, c 3, §2 and c 202, §64; am L 2006, c 94, §1; am L 2010, c 109, §1] Rules of Court  Costs, see HRAP rules 39, 45(e). Case Notes  Filing of bond to cover further cost must be in time. 5 H. 591 (1886).
HI Rev Stat § 607-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|607. Costs and Fees|607-7 Deposit and payment of fees and costs on appeal.

  §607-7 Deposit and payment of fees and costs on appeal. [(a)] All fees and costs required to be paid upon the filing of a notice of appeal from a court shall be paid to the clerk of the court from which the appeal is taken. The clerk of the court shall immediately transmit a record of the payments and deposits, along with a copy of the notice of appeal, to the clerk of the supreme court. The required fees and costs for an appeal shall be payable only once upon the initial filing of the appeal. The deposit shall be made at the time of filing the notice of appeal.  [(b)] Where the appeal is from a governmental official or body other than a court, the required costs and fees for filing the appeal shall be made payable to the clerk of the court to which the appeal is taken and transmitted by the government official or body upon receipt to the clerk of the court to which the appeal is taken, along with a copy of the notice of appeal. If an appeal from a government official or body is taken directly to the intermediate appellate court, the required costs and fees for the appeal shall be payable only once, upon the initial filing of the appeal. [RL 1935, pt of §3791; am L 1939, c 19, pt of §1; RL 1945, §9747; RL 1955, §219-7; HRS §607-7; am L 1970, c 188, §29; am L 1972, c 88, §5(1); am L 1979, c 111, §5(3); am L 2004, c 3, §3 as superseded by c 202, §65; am L 2006, c 91, §5 and c 94, §1; am L 2010, c 109, §1] Rules of Court  Dismissal for nonpayment, see HRCP rule 72(h). Case Notes  Nondeposit of costs did not render ineffective a timely filed notice of appeal. 57 H. 168, 552 P.2d 355 (1976).
HI Rev Stat § 607-8.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 32. Courts and Court Officers|607. Costs and Fees|607-8.5 Assessment for bench warrant issuance.

 §607-8.5 Assessment for bench warrant issuance. The court, when issuing a bench warrant for any person who fails to appear or who otherwise fails to comply with a court order, may assess that person a sum not to exceed $50 for the cost of issuing the bench warrant. [L 1999, c 92, §3]