Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 651-32

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • police officer: means the director of law enforcement or the director's duly authorized representative, any chief of police or subordinate police officer, or an independent civil process server on the list maintained by the department of law enforcement pursuant to section 353C-1. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 651-1

Every district judge at the request of the party recovering any civil judgment in the judge’s court, unless the judgment is duly appealed from, shall issue the judge’s execution against the property of the party recovered against, which execution may be in the form established by the usage and practice of the issuing court and may be directed to any police officer of the judicial circuit in which the district court is situated; provided the defendant or any of the defendants is a resident of the circuit.