HRS §832-14
Arrest without a warrant for out-of-state charges
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section allows a police officer or any private person to arrest someone without a warrant if they have reasonable information that the person is charged in another state with a serious crime. After such an arrest, the person must be brought before a judge quickly and a formal complaint must be made under oath.
The statute, as written — Arrest without a warrant
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 arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any peace officer or a private person, without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of a state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, but when so arrested the accused must be taken before a judge with all practicable speed and complaint must be made against the accused under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in section 832-13; and thereafter the accused's answer shall be heard as if the accused had been arrested on a warrant.
Sections this one refers to
§832-13 Arresting someone wanted for a crime in another state
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