HRS §832-24
Protection from civil lawsuits after extradition
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If you are brought to Hawaii for a criminal case through extradition, you cannot be sued in a civil case about the same events until you are convicted or, if found not guilty, until you have a fair chance to go back to the state you came from.
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The statute, as written — Immunity from service of process in certain civil actions
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.
A person brought into this State by, or after waiver of, extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceeding to answer which the person is being or has been returned, until the person has been convicted in the criminal proceeding, or, if acquitted, until the person has had reasonable opportunity to return to the state from which the person was extradited.
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