Hawaii Revised Statutes 291d. Adjudication of Traffic Infractions
- 291d-1 Purpose.
Act 222, Session Laws of Hawaii 1978, began the process of decriminalizing certain traffic offenses, not of a serious nature, to the status of...
- 291d-2 Definitions.
As used in this chapter: "Concurrent trial" means a trial proceeding held in the district or family court in which the defendant is tried...
- 291d-3 Applicability.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all traffic infractions, including traffic infractions committed by minors, shall be adjudicated pursuant to...
- 291d-3.5 U-Drive Vehicles; Traffic Infractions.
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, except those pertaining to the care and maintenance of the vehicle, if the registered owner of record...
- 291d-4 Venue and Jurisdiction.
(a) All violations of state law, ordinances, or rules designated as traffic infractions in this chapter shall be adjudicated in the district and circuit...
- 291d-5 Notice of Traffic Infraction; Form; Determination Final Unless Contested.
(a) The notice of traffic infraction for moving violations shall include the summons for the purposes of this chapter. Whenever a notice of traffic...
- 291d-6 Answer Required.
(a) A person who receives a notice of traffic infraction shall answer the notice within twenty-one days of the date of issuance of the...
- 291d-7 Court Action After Answer or Failure to Answer.
(a) When an admitting answer is received, the court shall enter judgment in favor of the State in the total amount specified in the...
- 291d-8 Hearings.
(a) In proceedings to contest a notice of traffic infraction where the person to whom the notice was issued has timely requested a hearing...
- 291d-9 Monetary Assessments.
(a) A person found to have committed a traffic infraction shall be assessed a monetary assessment not to exceed the maximum fine specified in...
- 291d-10 Restriction on Driver's License and Motor Vehicle Registration.
(a) When the person issued a notice of traffic infraction not involving parking fails to pay the total amount of fines, fees, surcharges, costs,...
- 291d-11 Time Computation.
In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by this chapter, the day of the act, event, or default from which the period...
- 291d-12 Powers of the District Court Judge Sitting in the Traffic Division.
A district court judge sitting in the traffic division and hearing cases pursuant to this chapter shall have all the powers of a district...
- 291d-13 Trial and Concurrent Trial.
(a) There shall be no right to trial unless the defendant contests the notice of traffic infraction pursuant to section 291D-8. If, after proceedings...
- 291d-14 Rules.
(a) The supreme court may adopt rules of procedure for the conduct of all proceedings pursuant to this chapter. (b) Chapter 626 shall not...
Last modified: October 27, 2016