HRS §804-38
Arresting someone who plans to hurt another person
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If you know or suspect someone plans to commit a crime against another person or their property, you can ask a district judge to act. The judge will hear the evidence and, if convinced, order the accused person's arrest and require them to post security.
everyone
The statute, as written — Offense against other than complainant; arrest
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.
Any person who knows or has reason to suspect that any offense against the person or property of another is intended to be committed, may apply to a district judge, who shall hear the proof, and if the district judge is convinced of the existence of the intention, shall cause the person accused to be arrested, and compelled to give security in the manner above directed. [PC 1869, c 47, §7; RL 1925, §4003; RL 1935, §5457; RL 1945, §10757; RL 1955, §256-37; HRS §709-38; am L 1970, c 188, §39; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; gen ch 1985]
LawTrove is not legal advice. The summary above is a computer-generated restatement — the authoritative text is the official version linked above.