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HRS §607-1

Supreme court's power to set court costs and fees

This section gives the Hawaii Supreme Court the power to make rules about court costs and fees. It can change, add, or remove fees, and set fees for cases not already covered. Fees for electronic services go into a special fund for the court computer system.

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The statute, as written — 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]
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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