HRS §805-5
When a judge can issue an arrest warrant after a summons
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section lets a district judge issue an arrest warrant for a person who was already summoned to court. The judge can do this at any time after the summons is issued, if the judge thinks there is a good reason. The warrant is based on the same complaint that started the case.
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The statute, as written — Warrant after summons issued
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.
The district judge may, for any cause which appears to the district judge to be sufficient, at any time after the issue of the summons, and by virtue of the complaint therein contained and recited, issue the district judge's warrant for the immediate arrest, upon the charge, of the person so summoned.
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