Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 651-37

  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • 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

All writs of execution, whether civil or criminal, issuing from any court of record, shall be addressed to the sheriff, or deputy sheriff, or a police officer of any county, and shall be signed by the clerk of the court, and impressed with the seal thereof.