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HRS §604-11

District courts can hear county ordinance cases

This section gives district courts the power to handle cases where someone breaks a county ordinance. The court can apply the penalties that the ordinance itself sets, just like it does for other cases it normally hears.

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The statute, as written — Jurisdiction of district courts; ordinances

Jurisdiction is conferred upon the district courts to try all cases arising from the violation of ordinances in force in the counties and to impose the penalties in such ordinances prescribed for such offenses in like manner as their original jurisdiction is exercised under the general law.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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