Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 832-22

  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.

Whenever the governor of this State demands a person charged with crime or with escaping from confinement or breaking the terms of the person’s bail, probation, or parole in this State, from the executive authority of any state, or from the chief justice or an associate justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia authorized to receive the demand under the laws of the United States, the governor shall issue a warrant under the great seal of this State, to some agent, commanding the agent to receive the person so charged if delivered to the agent and convey the person to the proper officer of the county in this State in which the offense was committed.