HRS §651-35
Getting a state court order when local property is not enough
If a district judge's order to collect a debt cannot be fully satisfied because the debtor has no property or not enough property in that area, the creditor can take the case to the state supreme court. The creditor must get certified copies of the judgment and the original order, then file them with the supreme court clerk. After that, the creditor can get a new order that can reach the debtor's property anywhere in the state.
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The statute, as written — When property in circuit insufficient
If, upon an execution being issued by a district judge, no property, or not a sufficient amount of property, belonging to the defendant in execution, can be found within the jurisdiction of the judge issuing the execution, and the same is returned unsatisfied, either wholly or in part, the plaintiff in execution may, upon procuring a certified copy of the judgment and execution in the court below, to be docketed in the office of the clerk of the supreme court, sue out a writ of execution from the supreme court, which shall be available against the property of the defendant, wherever situated within the State. [CC 1859, §1029; RL 1925, §2439; RL 1935, §4138; RL 1945, §10165; RL 1955, §233-34; HRS §651-35; am L 1970, c 188, §§39, 40]
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