HRS §651-37
How court orders to collect money must be addressed and signed
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that every court order to collect money or property (called a writ of execution) must be directed to the sheriff, deputy sheriff, or a county police officer. It must also be signed by the court clerk and stamped with the court's seal.
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The statute, as written — Address, signature
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.
All writs of execution, whether civil or criminal, issuing from any court of record, shall be addressed to the sheriff, or deputy sheriff, or a police officer of any county, and shall be signed by the clerk of the court, and impressed with the seal thereof. [CC 1859, §1020; RL 1925, §2441; RL 1935, §4140; am L 1939, c 104, §7; am L 1943, c 62, §21 and c 64, §22; RL 1945, §10167; RL 1955, §233-36; am L 1963, c 85, §3; HRS §651-37; am L 1989, c 211, §10; am L 1990, c 281, §11]
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