HRS §291C-164
What happens when you're arrested for a traffic violation
This section says what police must do when they arrest someone for a traffic violation. Unless the law says to take the person straight to a judge, the officer must collect your information and give you a written ticket with your court date and location.
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The statute, as written — Procedure upon arrest
Except when authorized or directed under state law to immediately take a person arrested for a violation of any of the traffic laws before a district judge, any authorized police officer, upon making an arrest for violation of the state traffic laws shall take the name, address, and driver's license number of the alleged violator and the registered license number of the motor vehicle involved and shall issue to the driver in writing a summons or citation, hereinafter described, notifying the driver to answer to the complaint to be entered against the driver at a place and at a time provided in the summons or citation.
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