HRS §634J-4
Court can order a vexatious litigant to post security
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗After a hearing, if the court decides the plaintiff is a vexatious litigant and unlikely to win against the defendant who asked for the order, the court must order the plaintiff to provide security for that defendant. The court sets the amount and deadline.
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The statute, as written — Finding; amount of security
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
If, after hearing the evidence upon the motion, the court determines that the plaintiff is a vexatious litigant and that there is no reasonable probability that the plaintiff will prevail in the litigation against the moving defendant, the court shall order the plaintiff to furnish, for the benefit of the moving defendant, security in an amount and within a time as the court shall fix.
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