This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "Hawaii state circuit court" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(December 2023)
Hawaii state circuit court
Kaahumanu Hale, home of the First Circuit Court in Honolulu
Appeals to
Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals
Website
courts.state.hi.us/courts/circuit
Division map
The Hawaii state circuit courts are the trial courts of general jurisdiction in Hawaii. They are the primary civil and criminal courts of the Hawaii State Judiciary. The circuit courts are the only Hawaii state courts to conduct jury trials. (The District Courts conduct bench trials while the Intermediate Court of Appeals and Supreme Court are appellate courts).
The circuit courts have exclusive original jurisdiction over probate and guardianship cases, criminal felony cases, and civil cases where the amount in controversy exceeds US$40,000.[1]
The circuit courts are organized into four circuits:
First: Oahu (based in Honolulu)
Second: Maui, Molokai, and Lanai (based in Wailuku)
Third: Hawaii (based in Hilo)
Fifth: Kauai and Niihau (based in Lihue)
There is currently no Fourth Circuit, because the Fourth Circuit merged into the Third Circuit in 1943.
The largest and most important of the circuit courts is the First Circuit in Honolulu.
The state legislature has created additional statewide courts on paper, but failed to constitute them as actual courts with their own judges, support staff, and courthouses. Instead, judges of the First Circuit serve as the statewide Tax Appeal Court and one judge of the First Circuit serves as the judge of the statewide Land Court.
The Hawaiistatecircuitcourts are the trial courts of general jurisdiction in Hawaii. They are the primary civil and criminal courts of the Hawaii State...
The HawaiiState family courts are the family courts in the statecourt system of Hawaii They have exclusive jurisdiction over cases involving legal minors...
Court of Hawaii is the highest court of the State of Hawaii in the United States. Its decisions are binding on all other courts of the HawaiiState Judiciary...
unified statecourt system that functions under the Chief Justice of the HawaiʻiState Supreme Court who is its administrator-in-chief. The HawaiʻiState judiciary...
district court and partially relies on the District of Hawaii for its federal cases. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the Ninth Circuit is by...
territorial court, by way of the D.C. District court; the Ninth Circuit may also handle such cases by the District of Hawaii. Prior to 1948, the court consisted...
District Court for the District of Hawaii (in case citations, D. Haw.) is the principal trial court of the United States Federal Court System in the state of...
The Hawaiistate district courts are a level of statecourts in Hawaii. In addition, the district courts have jurisdiction over: Civil cases with an amount...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (in case citations, 5th Cir.) is one of the 13 United States courts of appeals. It has appellate...
Intermediate Court of Appeals HawaiiStateCircuitCourtsHawaiiState Family CourtsHawaiiState District CourtsHawaiiState Land CourtHawaiiState Tax Appeal...
the Intermediate Court of Appeals, like the justices of the Supreme Court of Hawaii and the judges of the HawaiiStateCircuitCourts, have a mandatory...
district courts within their borders. The District of Columbia Circuit covers only Washington, DC. The Federal Circuit hears appeals from federal courts across...
States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (in case citations, 7th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the courts in the...
States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (in case citations, 11th Cir.) is a federal appellate court over the following U.S. district courts: Middle...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (in case citations, 2d Cir.) is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals. Its territory...
The HawaiiState Tax Appeal Court of the HawaiiState Judiciary has jurisdiction over cases involving property, excise, liquor, tobacco, income and insurance...
States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (in case citations, 6th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the...
States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (in case citations, 3d Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts for the...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (in case citations, 4th Cir.) is a federal court located in Richmond, Virginia, with appellate...
The Land Court of the State of Hawaiʻi (originally, the Court of Land Registration in the former U.S. Territory of Hawaii) has exclusive jurisdiction in...
States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (in case citations, 10th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the...
States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (in case citations, 1st Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the...
Global Information
